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Uncovered: The War on Iraq (2004)
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Reviews Counted:46
Fresh:35
Rotten:11
Average Rating:6.6/10
Consensus: A political doc that methodically and effectively argues its case.
Theatrical Release:29-10-2004
Synopsis: This controversial and arresting film takes you behind the walls of government, as CIA, Pentagon and foreign service experts speak out, many for the first time, detailing the lies, misstatements... This controversial and arresting film takes you behind the walls of government, as CIA, Pentagon and foreign service experts speak out, many for the first time, detailing the lies, misstatements and exaggerations that served as the reasons to fight a "preemptive" war that wasn't necessary. This documentary offers an in-depth look at the unsettling distortion of intelligence and the "spin and hype" presented to the American people, the Congress and the press. Fighting wars to bring about regime change is in breach of international law. Yet, throughout the fall of 2002, and into the weeks preceding the war in Iraq, the Bush administration systematically distorted intelligence evidence and misled the public in order to turn opinion favor of "regime change" in Iraq. The film will present interviews with more than 20 experts, all of whom have informed opinions about the reasons we were given for war and the evidence presented to support those reasons. Some supported the war itself but are deeply concerned about the way information was misused. All believe it is their duty to speak up. Among those interviewed are former Ambassador Joe Wilson, weapons inspectors Scott Ritter and David Albright, anti-terrorism expert Rand Beers, former CIA analyst Ray McGovern, former CIA operative Robert Baer and Washington editor of The Nation, David Corn. -- © Uncovered [More]
Starring: George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald H. Rumsfeld
Starring: George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald H. Rumsfeld
Director: Robert Greenwald
Director: Robert Greenwald
Producer: Robert Greenwald
Composer: Brad Chiet, Jim Ervin, Mars Lasar
Studio: Cinema Libre
Reviews for Uncovered: The War on Iraq
This feature actually is better suited as an episode of PBS’ Frontline than as a theatrical release.
Even though Greenwald has an extensive Hollywood background, his showmanship abandons him when he takes on partisan projects such as this one.
You have to question any movie that feels compelled to spend the last 5 minutes justifying itself as each expert explains why it was their patriotic duty to make this movie.
Made up of almost nothing but talking heads, and no matter how cogent their statements, it makes for a pretty static movie that's unlikely to engage anyone opposed to its point of view.
This hastily slapped-together festival of talking heads is so staid, one longs for some of Moore's look-at-me theatrics, and despite the movie's sober-citizen approach, it's no less one-sided than Fahrenheit 9/11.
After listening to this steady anti-Bush drumbeat for the past several months, even the most devout progressives may start to feel as if they've heard much of this sermon a hundred times before.
Uncovered: The War on Iraq is like a trial lawyer's summation during a lengthy case in which allegations are familiar but their full context is not.
Greenwald does nothing with the interviews, basically just posting them, one after the other, with the hope that viewers will do his job for him. The result is one-sided and bone-dry.
Methodically presents the Bush Administration's rationale for invading the Iraq and then systematically dismantles it.
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