"It is a too rare event to find philosophical reflection targeted on a topic of central contemporary importance offered in a popular and accessible form. The Toxic Reigns of Resentment is a compelling demonstration of what public philosophy can be. Arranged as an oblique series of conversations and arguments, the documentary powerfully displays the complexity of the concept of resentment in relation to diagnoses of contemporary political culture. It is hard to imagine how this could have been done better."
J.M. Bernstein, New School for Social Research

"I watched this movie and all my deeply held, bitter and vengeful feelings of resentment immediately disappeared."
Simon Critchley, New School for Social Research

"Dense, comprehensive and sobering...This film astutely analyzes the roles of demographic and policy change, economic shifts and the codification of neoliberal ideas in fostering the undercurrent of resentment that is palpable in the rising waves of nationalism and xenophobia across the globe...It will be sure to inspire deep introspection and lively debate."
Davin Phoenix, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California - Irvine, Author, The Anger Gap: How Race Shapes Emotion in Politics

"This film is terrific. The speakers have described brilliantly the phenomenology of resentment. They have depicted it as a self-destructive passion that vitiates social relations by generating rage and hatred. This resentment erodes human relations and compromises the possibility of amending the causes that generate it...A brilliant moral and psychological analysis."
Nadia Urbinati, Professor of Political Theory, Columbia University, Author, Me the People: How Populism Transforms Democracy

"Toxic Reigns of Resentment is a masterclass in this vexed concept, introducing viewers to a range of ruminations on an emotional disposition that has infiltrated virtually every aspect of contemporary life. The film is disturbing, provocative, even frightening. Mostly, it shows us some of the most interesting intellectual figures of our time thinking out loud, with all the vulnerability and tentativeness that this implies."
Robert A. Schneider, Professor of History, Indiana University, Author currently writing The Return of Resentment: The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of the Political Emotion

"Resentment is one of the most common moral - yes, moral - sentiments in the contemporary world. But it is also the most morally ambivalent and controversial. The Toxic Reigns of Resentment beautifully explores its complexity through the words of some of the most distinguished scholars, bringing to light its ethical dilemmas and political implications."
Didier Fassin, Professor of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study, Chair of Public Health, Collège de France