Connie Nielsen, Damian Lewis, John Slattery
When a group of American soldiers throws an Iraqi boy off a bridge in Samarra, the incident sets off a chain of events that exposes the deep rifts among the Iraqis in Samarra and results in yet anothe...( read more
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DVD Release Date: July 31, 2007
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Flixster Reviews (75)
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March 20, 2008Americans in Iraq, insurgency rising, truth illusive. U.S. soldiers in Samarra throw boys off a bridge; one drowns. An American reporter and her Iraqi photographer pursue the story. Samarra's mayor aids the U.S. and fears the rising power of an ex-Republican Guard. The mayor uses...( read more)
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July 21, 2007The truth about Iraq. Find a way to see this movie! It is your duty as an American citizen!
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February 3, 2007You know I want to see it if it is stuff from the war in Iraq... Kind of goes along with current events which really appeals to my attention span for a movie...
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Critic Reviews
February 2, 2007
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
February 2, 2007
Kyle Smith, New York Post
The narrative has no direction. There is no central problem to be resolved, no goal to be reached. full review
January 30, 2007
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
The Situation is, to put it kindly, a spotty piece of work. full review
January 23, 2007
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
Tackles its topical subject with lurching focus and plenty of from-the-mouths-of-mouthpieces didacticism. full review
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