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Shoot Down

Shoot Down (2007)

  • 80% of critics liked it
    (5 reviews)

  • 76% of users liked it
    (219 ratings)

First-time filmmaker Cristina Khuly helmed this award-winning documentary about a 1996 international incident that saw several Americans killed when the Cuban military shot down two civilian airplanes. Using information collected during the subsequent FBI investigation as well as accounts from the… More

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PG-13,
Directed By
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Genres
Documentary
In Theaters
Mar 3, 2007 Wide
Magic Lamp Releasing

Critic Reviews

  • Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

    A gutsy and startlingly balanced take on the events of that day in February 1996.

  • Marta Barber, Miami Herald

    Even if you followed these events and know the details well, Shoot Down is quite revealing -- and moving.

  • Desson Thomson, Washington Post

    Gets bogged down with too many talking heads and long-winded departures into American political policy and -- at the beginning, at least -- rather cheesily sentimental music. Those weaknesses blunt what could have been a more sharply told story.

  • S. James Wegg, JWR

    And Justice for None

  • Cynthia Fuchs, PopMatters

    As it articulates the families' trauma and distress, the film also shows the layers of context that have produced their frustrations.

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    Impressively evenhanded look at an attack on US citizens near - but not in - Cuban airspace.

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