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No End in Sight (2007)

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Reviews Counted:89

Fresh:84

Rotten:5

Average Rating:8.1/10

Consensus: 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.

Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins

Genre: Education/General Interest

Theatrical Release:Jul 27, 2007 Limited

Box Office: $1,250,100

Synopsis: The first film of its kind to chronicle the reasons behind Iraq’s descent into guerilla war, warlord rule, criminality and anarchy, NO END IN SIGHT is a jaw-dropping, insider’s tale of wholesale... The first film of its kind to chronicle the reasons behind Iraq’s descent into guerilla war, warlord rule, criminality and anarchy, NO END IN SIGHT is a jaw-dropping, insider’s tale of wholesale incompetence, recklessness and venality. Based on over 200 hours of footage, the film provides a candid retelling of the events following the fall of Baghdad in 2003 by high ranking officials such as former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, Ambassador Barbara Bodine (in charge of Baghdad during the Spring of 2003), Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff to Colin Powell, and General Jay Garner (in charge of the occupation of Iraq through May 2003), as well as Iraqi civilians, American soldiers and prominent analysts. NO END IN SIGHT examines the manner in which the principal errors of U.S. policy – the use of insufficient troop levels, allowing the looting of Baghdad, the purging of professionals from the Iraqi government and the disbanding of the Iraqi military – largely created the insurgency a --© Magnolia Films [More]

Starring: Richard Armitage

Starring: Richard Armitage

Director: Charles Ferguson

Director: Charles Ferguson
Screenwriter: Charles Ferguson
Producer: Charles Ferguson, Jennie Amias, Audrey Marrs, Jessie Vogelson
Composer: Peter Nashiel
Studio: Magnolia Pictures

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As a CliffsNotes history lesson, Ferguson’s doc is a much needed attempt to uncover what happened; as a film, it’s a jumble of questionable choices.

Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment 1 Comment
07/26/07
David Fear
David Fear
Time Out New York

Ferguson’s inquiry into the war doesn’t spend much time on the ground, but it features a tense round-up of talking heads and finds an effective weapon in their shared tone of frustration.

Full Review Source: New York Press | comment Comment
07/25/07
Eric Kohn
Eric Kohn
New York Press

This essential documentary is a clear-eyed, coherent dissection of how crucial decisions were made in the first weeks and months following the American invasion of Iraq.

Full Review Source: Reeler | comment Comment
07/25/07
Michelle Orange
Michelle Orange
Reeler

Masterfully edited and cumulatively walloping.

Full Review Source: City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul | comment Comment
07/24/07
Rob Nelson
Rob Nelson
City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul

Charles Ferguson has designed No End in Sight to sink in.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
07/23/07
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine

Soberly narrated by Campbell Scott, the film is a meticulous, thoroughly engrossing lesson in how not to win friends (or wars) and influence people (or potential terrorists).

Full Review Source: New York Magazine | comment Comment
07/23/07
David Edelstein
David Edelstein
New York Magazine
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If you want take the leap from disbelief and confusion to a clearer, empowering understanding of how we arrived at our current predicament, then political scientist Charles Ferguson's documentary No End In Sight is highly recommended.

Full Review Source: About.com | comment Comment
07/23/07
Marcy Dermansky
Marcy Dermansky
About.com

Should be required viewing for anyone who thinks the Iraq war is progressing according to plan.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
07/13/07
Daniel Eagan
Daniel Eagan
Film Journal International

Yet another doc that socks it to the current administration's foreign policy--this one most effectively.

Full Review Source: Compuserve | comment Comment
06/16/07
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve

A documentary that rues the fact that the US was not able to impose its will on the Iraqi people, but never questions the right to do so.

Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment 2 Comments
06/14/07
Louis Proyect
Louis Proyect
rec.arts.movies.reviews

A damning critique conducted with surgical precision, Ferguson's Sundance Festival prize-winning film is arguably one of the most comprehensive and rigorous docus about the failures of the Bush administration vis-a-vis the Iraq War.

Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
05/20/07
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

The film is methodically edited, interspersing tales from the ground with policy wonks, decisions with consequences, until it paints the administration into a corner.

Full Review Source: Cinematical | comment Comment
02/09/07
Kim Voynar
Kim Voynar
Cinematical

A systematic and rigorous history of the Iraq war to date.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
02/03/07
Andrew O'Hehir
Andrew O'Hehir
Salon.com
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[Director] Ferguson delivers the calm, meticulous survey of U.S. policy that legions of critics of Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 have been waiting for.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
01/25/07
Robert Koehler
Robert Koehler
Variety
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August 27, 2008: YouTube Screening No End in Sight Opens in new window
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