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Body of War (2008)
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Reviews Counted:37
Fresh:27
Rotten:10
Average Rating:6.8/10
Consensus: Unapologetically political, this intimate and heart wrenching profile of an Iraq veteran may be rough around the edges but takes a potent stance with determination and compassion.
Runtime: 87 mins
Genre: Theatrical Release
Synopsis: Tomas Young is another casualty of the war in Iraq. After less than a week on duty, a bullet wound to the back left him paralyzed. This emotional documentary follows the veteran as he returns home... [More]
Director: Ellen Spiro, Phil Donahue
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Reviews for Body of War
It's the soldier in Iraq who fights on in the face of public apathy at home. The hope in this vital film is that the voices of soldiers will be raised. They will fight on until their mission is accomplished and the Iraq war is history.
05/18/08
A powerful argument against impetuous decisions, be they to join the military or to attack a country.
11/03/07
Body of War is a powerful and effective documentary because it keeps its focus very tight and makes its story vivid in personal terms.
06/08/08
Body of War makes no bones about its activism. Then again, like the others, it's the willingness to contextualize events and apply reason to them that makes it and others so valuable.
04/25/08
Top CriticIt is not merely an antiwar document, but a complex profile in courage of a paraplegic and patriot.
05/02/08
Top CriticIt's an unusually intimate portrait.
05/16/08
The overreaching Spiro and Donahue are not content to persuade viewers; they insist on convincing us.
05/15/08
"You go to a parade, you got to a demo," says Bobby Muller, "Standard routine: you put the gimps on the front. You gotta have the visual."
04/09/08
Though the film stands out from the Iraqumentary pack, even its intimate moments feel attached to an overall agenda.
04/10/08
...more than just another run-of-the-mill political documentary.
10/29/07
No one can fail to be moved and saddened by 'Body of War' and its picture behind the doors that hide forgotten ignored heroes.
04/06/08
Body of War is a gut-wrenching documentary experience.
04/06/08
A searing documentary that reveals the courageous antiwar heroism of a Iraq war veteran who is paralyzed from the waist down.
04/03/08
On the lower tier of the numerous docs about the war and the Middle East.
04/24/08
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04/23/09
[Tomas Young] deserves better treatment from the government than he's gotten as a returning veteran, and a better movie than this simpleminded indictment of every senator who voted 'yea.'
05/16/08
Half an excellent and touching profile of a young veteran, but unfortunately, half a strident anti-war propaganda film.
04/17/08
Body of War again demonstrates that we Americans still have some bitter truths to face.
05/16/08
Architecturally sound, emotionally ravaging.
04/03/08
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