RAISE HELL: THE LIFE & TIMES OF MOLLY IVINS tells the story of media
firebrand Molly Ivins, six feet of Texas trouble who took on the Good
Old Boy corruption wherever she found it. Her razor sharp wit left both
sides of the aisle laughing, and craving ink in her columns. She knew
the Bill of Rights was in peril, and said "Polarizing people is a good
way to win an election and a good way to wreck a country." Molly's words
have proved prescient. Now it's up to us to raise hell!
Engel gives "Raise Hell" such momentum - it's a
whoosh of a movie - that you are quickly swept up in its sights and
sounds. There's a lot to take in.
Manohla Dargis
There was never anybody like Molly Ivins before, and never will be
again, and this documentary does a fine job of capturing what made her
special.
Matt Zoller Seitz
[A]s depicted in this sprightly, fast-paced documentary directed by
Janice Engel, Ivins was a one-of-a-kind commentator who was both smart
and savagely funny, using a take-no-prisoners sense of humor to
eviscerate those she felt abused the public trust.