Nothing in Uncovered: The War on Iraq will change your opinion, but it may give you bullet points to back up your cocktail-party arguments.
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:Aug 20, 2004 Limited
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
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Reviews for Uncovered: The War on Iraq
If you've ever wondered why we got into the Iraq war and what still faces us there, this is the film that can explain it to you (even if you agree with Bush's policies).
Clearheaded, practical and plenteous in evidence but smart and confident enough not to berate you.
Methodically presents the Bush Administration's rationale for invading the Iraq and then systematically dismantles it.
For those who want facts (or at least authoritative opinions) rather than flash and bluster, Uncovered is for you.
A rather redundant shredder, President Bush's war policy having shredded itself. But in force and focus this sober indictment is devastating.
Even though Greenwald has an extensive Hollywood background, his showmanship abandons him when he takes on partisan projects such as this one.
Starts in an unusually calm and measured way for a documentary critical of that particular military adventure. All antiwar docs, it turns out, are not cut from the same cloth.
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.
Cogent...this too-rare piece of skeptical journalism may play a significant role in our consideration of this moment in history.
Uncovered may not have the acerbic tone of Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11, but it's every bit a damning indictment.
Unlike the indulgent Moore, Greenwald here dispenses with manipulation, theatrics and tricks and lets his often-angry experts wax convincingly.
Provides compelling arguments that even those on the right wing of the political spectrum will be hard pressed to entirely refute.
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.
Greenwald assembled an authoritative stream of analysts to point out the self-venerating mentality of an administration that doesn't know when it's been outed.
Strongly support what critics of the Bush administration's unilateral Iraq policy have claimed all along.
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