No End in Sight (2007)
Average Rating: 8.1/10
Reviews Counted: 94
Fresh: 89 | Rotten: 5
Charles Ferguson's documentary provides a good summary of the decisions that led to the mess in post-war Iraq, and offers politically interested audiences something they'd been looking for: a lowdown on the decision making.
Average Rating: 8.2/10
Critic Reviews: 31
Fresh: 29 | Rotten: 2
Charles Ferguson's documentary provides a good summary of the decisions that led to the mess in post-war Iraq, and offers politically interested audiences something they'd been looking for: a lowdown on the decision making.
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On March 19, 2003, forces from the United States and a handful of allied nations invaded Iraq to remove Saddam Hussein from power. American military leaders expected the conflict to last no more than a few months, and President George W. Bush declared that major military operations were over less than two months later. However, Iraq soon became a dangerous quagmire for American forces, and near the end of 2006, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, one of the key architects of America's strategy
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All Critics (99) | Top Critics (33) | Fresh (91) | Rotten (5) | DVD (5)
A tidy summary of the tragic mistakes made, and the brutal arrogance displayed, by the Bush administration in its prosecution of the Iraq war.
Top CriticThis is a movie about the very officials who boasted 'I don't do quagmires' (then-defense secretary Rumsfeld), but who hadn't actually done the planning or simple reading of other people's plans that might have avoided that very fate.
A clear-eyed appraisal and condemnation of Bush administration war policies as seen through the eyes of people in a position to note the disastrous choices that left a country in chaos.
No End in Sight makes one thing clear: Were it not so bloody, the war in Iraq would be destined to become a case study in the nation's business schools.
Even dedicated news junkies will gain new understanding of a campaign with no end in sight.
Ferguson's case is so confidently built that it seems unassailable...
There's no shortage of opinion, but what Ferguson is aiming for in this fascinating 102-minute dissection is a professional critique of foreign policy.
A persuasive argument that the inception of, and response to, the Iraq War perverted America's ideals and intellect. Its moderate temperament hides obvious roars: Remembering outrage is all that will keep this from again occurring unopposed.
A thorough, level-headed examination of the Bush administration's failure to properly prepare for, and execute, the war.
It doesn't matter if you're a news junkie or clueless about current events, you need to see this movie.
No End is Sight is the product of a calmly systematic desire for knowledge, and as such, does not offer solutions, only profound insight.
By the time No End in Sight gets to a late chapter titled "Things Fall Apart," you'll believe that call could have been made a long time ago.
a horror show guaranteed to make you mad
A remarkably cogent, still-appalling synthesis of the Bush administration's breezy, sloppy planning that led to the bloody disaster of today's Iraq.
Well-constructed and well-researched documentary which methodically lays out the groundwork for what went wrong in Iraq.
Watching the film, which is well-organized but utterly artless, one wonders who, exactly, it's trying to sway.
Charles Ferguson's film may be the best, and the final word on the subject.
For anyone who's wondering why we're still stuck in Iraq, give this quick 100-minuter a whirl and get filled in.
While this incriminating documentary makes a convincing case against the White House, it arrives a bit belatedly, at a juncture when John McCain is just about the only loyalist left still sipping the Bush Kool Aid.
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- Iraq Correspondent: There is no insurgency in Iraq, there is a high level of domestic violence.
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