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  Review by karsten ★★★★ 12

  There’s a scene in a car in here that is AS GOOD as THAT car scene in Children of Men. Like it’s a scene that’s waaay better than it has to be. But it’s so good. Great movie??

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  Review by SilentDawn ★★★★ 5

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  First clever, then uproarious, and then, without a designated shift or tonal development, terrifying. Pushes its farce and satirical elements past the far side of the moon and into the great beyond, one of paranoia and mistrust. Also has an incredible car chase? Truly an original.

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  Review by Ava ☭ ★★★★½ 4

  1. i have a gross crush on matt johnson and i don't like it also owen looks like idubbbz in this movie
  2. imagine making two movies so close in quality and both being so fantastic in such a short period of time matt johnson is a god
  3. i love space!
  4. i can't believe my ass wasn't taken to sundance last year because i would've screamed and cried and thrown at least seven temper tantrums until i saw this
  5. the dirties>this solely based on personal preference and my fondness of any movie that explores school shootings
  6. really really cute more subtle love letter to movies and it made me want to cry out of how pure and passionate this movie is i want to care about stuff this much

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  Review by Eli Hayes ★★★★ 8

  Probably the best 2016 dramedy release that I've seen aside from the great Toni Erdmann; I want to become best buddies with Matt Johnson (and man, do his films always get real as fuck toward the end of their runtimes).

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  Review by PopcornIdeology ★★★★ 1

  At around the 30 minute mark, I thought to myself “wow this could be a lot funnier.” Then around 30 minutes later I realized it’s much more than a mockumentary and I feel stupid for prematurely categorizing it as such.
  
  Operation Avalanche explores paranoia, but in two very distinct ways. One in the traditional sense with its leading characters, and another in a far more subtle way. Matt Johnson perfectly weaponizes the human propensity to believe in conspiracy in order to make a immersive and highly entertaining film, one that also if you think about it is a deeply satirical portrait of the narratives people are willing to believe. Also, Operation Avalanche has one of the best car chase scenes…

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  Review by matt lynch ★★★ 1

  This is neat but it's pretty clear Johnson has no interest in any actual project here beyond his own cleverness. I can do that too: his stolen access improv thriller allegedly about the reliability of images is packed with CIA agents that uniformly sport heavy Canadian accents and call each other "dude" all the time.

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  Review by Will ★★★★ 1

  The moon is made out of cheese doe...

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  Review by Diamondbolt ★★★★½

  the moon landing was fake because wallace and gromit weren't there

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  Review by pd187 ★★½ 4

  like the (alleged) landing itself, this is an impressive technical achievement that doesnt actually accomplish anything of benefit or substance. the shot-on-16mm (??) footage looks great and they didnt throw in too many anachronistic details but it def needed another pass in the writers room to be more than just a clever premise. the bitchy, passive-aggressive yet still likable & heroic CIA agents occasionally make this feel like a retro episode of "the office" (why are americans going "sorey"?) and the corny scene where they come up with "one small step for man" feels like forrest gump or one of the "easter eggs" from a marvel movie ("hey, i know that!"). the whole thing plays into the ironic/aesthetic conspiracy mode right…

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  Review by Matthew Saponar ★★★★½ 1

  "...owen?"

  holy shit. this is sososososo fun and just absolutely exhilarating. a true testament to the insanity of filmmaking in general. that reveal in the garage will fuck me up for the rest of the year.

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  Review by Ava ☭ ★★★★½

  when they showed jfk at the beginning my dad went "wow, whenever i see him, i think, what a shame!" my dad is not going to see jackie (2016)

  also my dad liked this so you know it's good

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  Review by Naughty aka Juli Norwood ★★★★

  Me thinks the reports of the demise of Found Footage films was premature! Every time I turn around I keep finding brilliant examples that quite frankly blow my mind! In fact.. I was so immensely pleasured by this titillating government conspiracy found footage film that you can now find Operation Avalanche listed in the newly revised Kama Sutra ;-)

  My one and only regret is that it took me this long to finally sit down and view it! The trailer was not very enticing for it looked like a cheap cash grab going for the laughs kind of affair! I couldn't have been more wrong! It was so much more!

  Thanks to director Matt Johnson we have the privilege of…