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Daniel Minahan's remarkable debut feature has the sting of some of the best American media send-ups (Network, for starters), but its timeliness gives it an impressive ardor all its own. One of the more inventive and audacious recent films to explore the nation's obsession with sensationalism, the movie scores also as bona fide entertainment, reeling in the viewer in the same way an actual "reality" program might. The violence-as-spectatorship angle has been explored onscreen before, but never with such gallows humor and insight. Wisely conceived in crisp digital video, it is the rare satire that truly gets inside the mindset of the medium it examines, to a point that it's difficult to separate reality from fiction. Just when one thinks Series 7 has exhausted its possibilities, it always has one more trick up its sleeve. The cast is exceptional, providing real dimension to characters that could have been cardboard and throwaway; in a potentially star-making role, the gifted Brooke Smith renders every detail expertly observed. A film that is bound to be misunderstood my some audiences, Series 7 is completely of its time. The film was developed at the Sundance Labs in both the screenplay and directorial phases, and had its premiere at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival to mostly positive notices. Jason Clark, All Movie Guide

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