With Standard Operating Procedure, the Iraq War finally has its Hearts And Minds.
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Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Morris, 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.
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PremiereGlenn Kenny
PremiereGlenn Kenny
It'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.
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TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
No matter how slick and questionably appropriate Morris's style may be, the content is compelling.
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USA TodayClaudia Puig
USA TodayClaudia Puig
It may be the most disturbing film you'll see in a long time.
A 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.
I’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.
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The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
Too narrowly focused.
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VarietyTodd McCarthy
VarietyTodd McCarthy
Adds relatively little insight to the public understanding of wayward military behavior more incisively analyzed in "Taxi to the Dark Side."
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Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Since "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.