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31 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasWith Standard Operating Procedure, the Iraq War finally has its Hearts And Minds.
- 91Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanMorris, using a welter of photographs (many of which we haven't seen), constructs a day-to-day sense of how Abu Ghraib descended into a medieval hell.
- 88PremiereGlenn KennyPremiereGlenn KennyIt's distinctly Morrisean, as it were, and seeing his style applied to subject matter with which one is already somewhat familiar makes one... well, question the style a bit.
- 88TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxNo matter how slick and questionably appropriate Morris's style may be, the content is compelling.
- 88USA TodayClaudia PuigUSA TodayClaudia PuigIt may be the most disturbing film you'll see in a long time.
- 70The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisA big, provocative and -- it goes without saying -- disturbing work, though what makes it most provocative is that its greatest ambitions are for its own visual style.
- 60New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinI’m not sure Morris clinches his case, but I’m not sure he wants to: His aim is to throw a monkey wrench into the cogs of our perception.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttToo narrowly focused.
- 50VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyAdds relatively little insight to the public understanding of wayward military behavior more incisively analyzed in "Taxi to the Dark Side."
- 40Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanSince "The Thin Blue Line's" remarkable intervention, Morris's work has grown more public and more problematic--lofty yet snide, a form of know-it-all epistemological inquiry.