Merchants of Doubt

Merchants of Doubt

How a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming.

Directed by Robert Kenner

Produced by Participant

201496 min7.4 / 10

A rigorous investigative documentary exposing how corporate interests and strategic disinformation campaigns have systematically delayed public understanding of existential threats.

Spin doctors spread misinformation and confusion among American citizens to delay progress on such important issues as global climate change.

Questions people ask

  • Is Merchants of Doubt violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is Merchants of Doubt easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Does Merchants of Doubt end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Merchants of Doubt scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Is Merchants of Doubt sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

73/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity48

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Surprise89

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love85

How much audiences actually like it

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