4.5/5

This is a beautifully produced film, expertly edited with a haunting Philip Glass score and statistics that are meaningful and extremely disturbing.

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11/02/03

N/A

An astonishing, mesmerizing portrait not only of one man, but also of what commonly used to be called 'the American century'.

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05/17/08

3.5/4

[It] raise[s] complex questions about man's role in that most awful and inherent of human characteristics: our penchant for war.

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09/29/06

A

When it comes to war, Robert S. McNamara wants us to know that our history with war has taught us plenty. Not that we've learned much from it.

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11/18/05

A-

A fascinating look into the mind of one of 20th century America's most controversial military figures

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05/03/05

4/5

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03/05/05

A-

McNamara makes a very human monster, a flawed man who regrets that "in order to do good you have to be willing to do evil."

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01/08/05

5/5

a deeply felt testament of a man struggling to wring meaning and redemption out of history’s hard, unyielding surfaces

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09/30/04

10/10

The images and music combine with McNamara's voice and expressions to create a tapestry of a life lived toughly through a world that has looked over the edge at hell itself.

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08/05/04

A

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07/27/04

2.5/5

Morris seems to go deep. But does he? The film is Morris’s but the message McNamara’s... The film is effective emotionally -- sometimes unbearably so. Intellectually...?

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07/09/04

A

Fascinating look at an influential old man looking back on his life, enlivened by strong graphics and news footage, with a great Philip Glass score.

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05/19/04

A

It should be required viewing for Bush and Rumsfeld.

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05/13/04