6.6 /10 1 Votes
Written by Martin Durkin Country United Kingdom Initial release 11 May 2016 Budget 300,000 GBP | 6.2/10 IMDb Directed by Martin Durkin Production
company Wag TV Language English Director Martin Durkin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date 11 May 2016 (2016-05-11) Similar The Great Global Warming, Northanger Abbey, For Richer or Poorer, The Formula, The Brussels Business | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brexit: The Movie is a crowdfunded 2016 British documentary film written and directed by Martin Durkin, advocating for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, commonly called "Brexit" (a portmanteau of "British" and "exit").
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Production
The film was crowdfunded, with its £100,000 goal having been met with contributions from 1,500 donors by 26 February 2016. According to the film's official website, by the end of production a total of over £300,000 had been raised by 1,800 contributors.
Distribution
The film was made available for free online streaming on YouTube and Vimeo on 12 May 2016, the day after its release and premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square in London. It was also broken into a 26-part series published as a YouTube playlist, embedded on the official movie website.
Reception
Brexit: The Movie received over 1.7 million views on YouTube and over 170,000 views on Vimeo as of 24 June 2016. The film's reviews upon release included both praise and criticism.
Breitbart News praised the film as having an optimistic tone as compared to "the peevish, scaremongering Remainers" and for in their opinion not exploiting the most controversial issues driving the Leave campaign. The conservative American news website also praised how the film addressed the "absurdity" of the arguments of the Remain campaign. The Daily Express, a pro-Brexit newspaper, called it a "powerful" reveal of Eurocrats' smugness that "obliterates pro-EU myths". In an article discussing Brexit in general, Andrew Hoffman of silver investment news site SilverSeek called the film "wonderfully produced" and recommended it to "all Britons".
Newsweek noted the film's attempt to market to conservative, anti-establishment audiences, calling it "a libertarian's wet dream of Randian proportions", and criticising alleged inconsistencies in the film. The Huffington Post criticised the film, stating it relied on ethnic stereotypes and omitted certain perspectives. Huffington praised the film's persuasiveness, but indicated that it could also potentially drive voters towards the Remain camp.