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04/01/06
The Fog of War (2003)
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Reviews Counted:133
Fresh:130
Rotten:3
Average Rating:8.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
Synopsis: Documentarian Errol Morris directs THE FOG OF WAR, a captivating look at Robert S. McNamara, who served as the Secretary of Defense during the Vietnam War and the Cuban Missile Crisis. The movie... [More]
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Top CriticAn engrossing and illuminating documentary.
04/06/04
Top CriticThis is a beautifully produced film, expertly edited with a haunting Philip Glass score and statistics that are meaningful and extremely disturbing.
11/02/03
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05/13/05
Top CriticMesmerizing stuff.
12/19/03
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05/08/04
Top CriticMorris’ real genius is that he knows how to listen, knows when to stop questioning and thereby let people reveal themselves, more than they intended
12/21/03
Emerges as a fascinating enterprise that evokes nothing so much as Victor Hugo's 'dialogue of the deaf' in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
01/08/04
Offers a fascinating history lesson -- and one you'll probably never read in any book.
02/05/04
There is nothing simple about Robert McNamara and nothing simplistic about Errol Morris's involving look at him.
12/09/03
Startlingly forceful — an extremely intimate, sympathetic and provocative personal biography as well as an illuminative audit of human fallibility. One of 2003's best films.
01/09/04
History needs to be re-examined, but it is rare for a filmmaker to have unfettered access to a reclusive figure who was so crucial in making history.
02/06/04
Brilliant.
01/22/04
McNamara, a robust conversationalist, is so lively that he bursts out of what is essentially a talking-head documentary.
02/12/04
Errol Morris tries to pin down Vietnam War chess-master Robert McNamara, and the results are fascinating -- also troubling, deeply confusing and way too artistically precious.
12/20/03
Whether or not you agree with his politics, McNamara is a fascinating man... it's a compelling documentary that may scare you a little and will certainly make you think.
12/19/03
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