The teleplay from Wiener, Richard Chapman, John Patrick Shanley and Timothy J. Sexton is mostly taut and exciting, except when it pauses for a minimally romantic time out between Wiener and Formanek.
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02/13/03
Live from Baghdad (2002)
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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:7
Rotten:0
Average Rating:7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Genre: Television
Synopsis: With George Herbert Walker Bush prepared to strike Iraqi forces, CNN was in a unique position to deliver 24 hour coverage. Producers Robert Wiener (Michael Keaton) and Igrid Formanek (Helena Bonham... [More]
Starring: Michael Keaton, Helena Bonham-Carter, Lili Taylor, Bruce McGill
Director: Mick Jackson
Reviews for Live from Baghdad
1 - 7 (sorted by rotten rating; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticNothing fascinates the media as much as itself.
07/03/03
No review available.
09/29/05
Michael Keaton gives his most taut performance since an uncredited turn in Out of Sight and Helena Bonham-Carter has split the difference between her Merchant Ivory days and her desolate Marla in David Fincher's Fight Club.
12/08/02
Mick Jackson's Live From Baghdad works as an entertaining drama, but it provides disappointingly inadequate context in its depiction of the events surrounding the 1991 Gulf War.
01/04/03
One of the best movies I've seen about electronic journalism.
12/02/02
As a movie, Live From Baghdad constitutes another first-class production from HBO.
01/06/03
1 - 7 (sorted by rotten rating; UK critics are listed first)
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