| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
A- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"...the film is tough-minded and essential -- a severely galling reality check." more... |
A |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"This is not a documentary filled with anti-war activists or sitting ducks for Michael Moore." more... |
A |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"This devastating critique of the Iraq war can't, and won't, be easily picked apart by those who don't agree with its doleful conclusions." more... |
A |
filmcritic.com
Chris Barsanti |
"As a chronicle of stupidity, Ferguson's film is nearly beyond compare." more... |
B+ |
Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen |
"A damning appraisal of America's handling of the Iraq war." more... |
A- |
Los Angeles Times
Dennis Lim |
"...a model of concision and clarity." more... |
A |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"The movie is at times incoherent..." more... |
B- |
New York Times
A.O. Scott |
"...exacting, enraging..." more... |
A |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...the most coolheaded of the Iraq war documentaries, the most methodical and the least polemical" more... |
A |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...concerns itself almost entirely with the botched first months of the U.S. occupation." more... |
B+ |
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