Critic Reviews

• David Edelstein, New York Magazine

  In 75 harrowing minutes, Greenwald spells out why the war has been, for this administration and its friends, a windfall no matter which side claims victory and how many Americans and Iraqi civilians die.

• Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com

  If Greenwald can sneak this onto the air in place of this week's Desperate Housewives, we might start to see some changes around here.

• Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter

  A credible indictment against corporations currently enjoying windfall profits thanks to the Iraq war.

• Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle

  Greenwald is skillful enough to spark a fresh sense of outrage.

• Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times

  ... Iraq for Sale has an us-versus-them sensibility that's extremely effective.

• Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

  Whatever you might think about the centrality of the profit motive to our society, what's going on in Iraq is going to give you pause.

• Prairie Miller, WBAI Web Radio

  Legalized war profiteers make a killing.

• Prairie Miller, WBAI Web Radio

  Legalized war profiteers make a killing.

• Louis Proyect, rec.arts.movies.reviews

  Well-researched, hair-raising investigation of capitalist thievery in Iraq at the expense of the American tax-payer, the GI's and the Iraqi people.

• Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena

  Companheiro temático do excelente Shadow Company, o filme expõe de forma articulada a ganância pavorosa das grandes corporações, que não hesitam em sacrificar vidas e roubar o povo norte-americano com a cumplicidade do próprio governo.

• Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

  Sure, it won't be seen by the people most in need of seeing it, but it might just energize others into moving away from apathy born of a sense of helplessness.

• Marc Mohan, Oregonian

  Robert Greenwald, the man behind a slew of recent political documentaries ... compellingly probes the intersection of the public and private spheres in the Iraq war.

• David Cornelius, DVDTalk.com

  As a film, it has its share of problems, but as rabble rousing, it's a first rate rallying cry.

• Chris Barsanti, Filmcritic.com

  there's an undeniable rage at work here which one has to hope would influence somebody of importance somewhere. There's always hope.

• Harvey S. Karten, Compuserve

  The doc successfully excoriates the role of private business in Iraq but lacks even a smidgen of Michael Moore's wit.

• Ken Fox, TV Guide's Movie Guide

  ... crucial to fully understanding the Iraqi/American enterprise.

• Valerie Kuklenski, Los Angeles Daily News

  Iraq for Sale is one film with an agenda that maybe everybody can get behind.

• Adam Nayman, L.A. Weekly

  While it doesn't deviate from the snippy, newsmagazine format of its predecessors, Iraq for Sale stays mostly on point and on target, as Greenwald trains his sights on the ruinous consequences of corporate involvement in the Iraq war.

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