Going Upriver getting rave reviews

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Heard Ebert/Roeper, NPR and WGN critics all say it was terrific.

The political broadsides that have arrived in theaters nearly every week this year may have been manna for political junkies, but they've been painful for movie fans; few of these films , from a technical or artistic standpoint, have been any good. "Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry" is a gratifying exception, having been made by a seasoned documentary filmmaker with a compelling story to tell.

George Butler is a close friend of John Kerry and an unapologetic Democratic partisan as far as Kerry's presidential bid goes. But "Going Upriver" manages to transcend its immediate subject to become a fascinating, often wrenching portrait of one of the most divisive and divided eras in American history.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63825-2004Sep30.html