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Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers

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Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers (2006)

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Reviews Counted:19

Fresh:19

Rotten:0

Average Rating:7.6/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 30 mins

Genre: Education/General Interest

Synopsis: Acclaimed director Robert Greenwald (Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, Outfoxed, and Uncovered) takes you inside the lives of soldiers, truck drivers, widows and children who have been changed... Acclaimed director Robert Greenwald (Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, Outfoxed, and Uncovered) takes you inside the lives of soldiers, truck drivers, widows and children who have been changed forever as a result of profiteering in the reconstruction of Iraq. Iraq for Sale uncovers the connections between private corporations making a killing in Iraq and the decision makers who allow them to do so. -- © Brave New Films [More]

Director: Robert Greenwald

Director: Robert Greenwald
Studio: Brave New Films

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Greenwald is skillful enough to spark a fresh sense of outrage.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
09/15/06
Walter V. Addiego
Walter V. Addiego
San Francisco Chronicle

there's an undeniable rage at work here which one has to hope would influence somebody of importance somewhere. There's always hope.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
09/14/06
Chris Barsanti
Chris Barsanti
Filmcritic.com

... Iraq for Sale has an us-versus-them sensibility that’s extremely effective.

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09/08/06
Jeannette Catsoulis
Jeannette Catsoulis
New York Times
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As a film, it has its share of problems, but as rabble rousing, it's a first rate rallying cry.

Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com | comment Comment
09/20/06
David Cornelius
David Cornelius
DVDTalk.com

In 75 harrowing minutes, Greenwald spells out why the war has been, for this administration and its friends, a windfall no matter which side claims victory and how many Americans and Iraqi civilians die.

Full Review Source: New York Magazine | comment Comment
11/06/06
David Edelstein
David Edelstein
New York Magazine

... crucial to fully understanding the Iraqi/American enterprise.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
09/08/06
Ken Fox
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Sure, it won't be seen by the people most in need of seeing it, but it might just energize others into moving away from apathy born of a sense of helplessness.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
10/25/06
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

The doc successfully excoriates the role of private business in Iraq but lacks even a smidgen of Michael Moore's wit.

Full Review Source: Compuserve | comment 1 Comment
09/13/06
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve

Iraq for Sale is one film with an agenda that maybe everybody can get behind.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
09/08/06
Valerie Kuklenski
Valerie Kuklenski
Los Angeles Daily News

Legalized war profiteers make a killing.

Full Review Source: WBAI Web Radio | comment Comment
04/21/07
Prairie Miller
Prairie Miller
WBAI Web Radio

Robert Greenwald, the man behind a slew of recent political documentaries ... compellingly probes the intersection of the public and private spheres in the Iraq war.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
09/22/06
Marc Mohan
Marc Mohan
Oregonian

While it doesn't deviate from the snippy, newsmagazine format of its predecessors, Iraq for Sale stays mostly on point and on target, as Greenwald trains his sights on the ruinous consequences of corporate involvement in the Iraq war.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
09/07/06
Adam Nayman
Adam Nayman
L.A. Weekly

If Greenwald can sneak this onto the air in place of this week's Desperate Housewives, we might start to see some changes around here.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
09/27/06
Andrew O'Hehir
Andrew O'Hehir
Salon.com

Well-researched, hair-raising investigation of capitalist thievery in Iraq at the expense of the American tax-payer, the GI's and the Iraqi people.

Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment Comment
03/08/07
Louis Proyect
Louis Proyect
rec.arts.movies.reviews

A credible indictment against corporations currently enjoying windfall profits thanks to the Iraq war.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
09/20/06
Frank Scheck
Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter
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Both a trenchant indictment of war profiteering in Iraq and a memorial for those not included in the military's death toll, Iraq for Sale is a work of intense disillusionment.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
09/05/06
Drew Tillman
Drew Tillman
Village Voice

Whatever you might think about the centrality of the profit motive to our society, what's going on in Iraq is going to give you pause.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
09/08/06
Kenneth Turan
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
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Iraq for Sale isn't balanced or objective. It carries the torch for the families of civilians who died while driving unprotected trucks on unsafe routes.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
09/08/06
Bruce Westbrook
Bruce Westbrook
Houston Chronicle

Companheiro temático do excelente Shadow Company, o filme expõe de forma articulada a ganância pavorosa das grandes corporações, que não hesitam em sacrificar vidas e roubar o povo norte-americano com a cumplicidade do próprio governo.

Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment Comment
12/02/06
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
 
 
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