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Filmmaker Fernand Melgar offers a thought-provoking, matter-of-fact meditation on Switzerland's association for the right to die with dignity - which has been active since 1980 and boasts nearly 10,00... read more read more...0 volunteers ranging in age from their early 20's to spry 100's. By allowing the terminally-ill the option of ending their lives before their suffering becomes too overwhelming to bear, the organization in effect allows those slipping away to take control of their own fate. In the film, Melgar and his crew speak with both the afflicted as well as the volunteers who assist them in carrying out their final wishes to explore just how the option of ending one's own life affects both parties. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 17 min.

Directed by: Fernand Melgar

Release Date: October 26, 2006

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V.A. Musetto
October 25, 2006
V.A. Musetto, New York Post

Would that all death be so peaceful.

Lisa Rose
October 25, 2006
Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger

It's not the kind of documentary that leaves you feeling like you've only heard one side of the debate, that certain unsettling truths have been tactically avoided. Full Review

Stephen Holden
October 24, 2006
Stephen Holden, New York Times

This earnest documentary about assisted suicide plays like a stodgy promotional film for the Swiss organization Exit A.D.M.D., which helps terminally ill patients end their own lives.

Ronnie Scheib
October 24, 2006
Ronnie Scheib, Variety

[Exit] makes a strong implicit case for a cause supported by a growing number of Americans. Full Review

Rob Nelson
October 24, 2006
Rob Nelson, Village Voice

No one here gets out alive, as Jim Morrison put it before the End, though in Switzerland one at least has the chance of booking a smoother passage from insufferable pain to whatever comes next. Full Review

Eric Monder
March 1, 2007
Eric Monder, Film Journal International

Even if it were all staged, Exit: The Right to Die would be a profound and moving experience. Full Review

Ray Greene
October 30, 2006
Ray Greene, Boxoffice Magazine

If the film's lack of emotionalism deprives it of dramatic energy, it also forces viewers to react to a highly charged issue intellectually and on the merits, rather than out of manipulated passion. Full Review

Ed Gonzalez
October 13, 2006
Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine

For our information, Fernand Melgar's Exit attempts to dispel misconceptions surrounding euthanasia. Full Review

Harvey S. Karten
October 9, 2006
Harvey S. Karten, Compuserve

A talky but vivid documentary exhibiting the work ofan organization in Switzerland that helps people die,i.e. assisted suicide. Full Review

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