New in Theaters:
Sarah Palin: You Betcha!
One of the first memorable things you see in Sarah Palin: You Betcha!, Nick Broomfield’s flat, repetitive fizzle of a gotcha documentary is the filmmaker himself, clad in a bright red-and-black hunting jacket crunching through the Alaskan snow, in search of his prey. There isn’t much else that is memorable in the film which is of Broomfield and his co-director Joan Churchill’s doing, though. It’s a clattering stream of media from other sources strung together by Broomfield’s hapless seeking of a sit-down with the governor herself and interviews with axe-grinders. That many of them have completely legitimate issues to air with the former governor is utterly disserved by Broomfield’s unprofessional approach…
Sarah Palin: You Betcha! is playing now in limited release. You can read my full review at filmcritic.com.
