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Fresh: 24 | Rotten: 7
This documentary of American soldiers in Falluja offers a revealing and complex portrait of Army life.
Average Rating: 6.8/10
Critic Reviews: 11
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 3
This documentary of American soldiers in Falluja offers a revealing and complex portrait of Army life.
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'Occupation: Dreamland' is a melancholy portrait of a squad of the US Army's 82nd Airborne deployed in the doomed Iraqi city of Falluja during the winter of 2004. A collective study of the squad unfolds as they cope with an environment of low-intensity conflict and confusion creeping steadily towards catastrophe. Through the squad's activities, 'Occupation: Dreamland' provides a vital glimpse into the last days of Falluja before a final series of assaults began in the spring of 2004 that
Sep 16, 2005 Wide
Mar 7, 2006
GreenHouse Pictures
All Critics (37) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (24) | Rotten (7) | DVD (5)
The occupation may have settled into grim, bloody drudgery. But if we're going to learn anything about the place and our involvement there, films about it can't join suit.
It offers a look at the kind of Americans not often put on movie screens.
A compelling mosaic of voices, some discouraged, some enthusiastic, all aware that there's a job to be done and that they must do it to the best of their abilities.
I think Gunner Palace was in some sense a fairer film.
A grunt's-eye view of the current conflict that needs to be seen, regardless of a viewer's political persuasion.
Occupation: Dreamland presents a compelling study of composure and decency in the midst of overwhelming pointlessness.
Aside from the year it was made, there's nothing that Dreamland adds to a very, very full genre
More sympathetic and interesting than the stars of Gunner Palace, these fellas are both a microcosm of society and individuals in their own right.
Could be the poster film for the protest-the-war, support-the-troops mentality.
It's frustrating to see these filmmakers continually lobbing softball questions at their subjects.
If you saw Gunner Palace, there's not much fresh or insightful here.
Lets the soldiers speak for themselves in a series of interviews that reveal wildly divergent political stands, although pretty much all the soldiers voice doubts about why, exactly, they are there.
Regardless of your views on the war, this documentary will create stirring portraits that you'll long remember.
The thoughts and experiences captured in this film reveal much that we haven't seen in all the action-oriented news footage and short-term embedded correspondence from the war.
The enlisted men speak frankly of their feelings about the job that they signed on to do and carry out their missions even though they don't have the big picture information.
Serves a useful public service; more important, it's an engrossing film in its own right.
The documentary is fair and poignant, and doesn't rely on explosions. You feel for the people involved, even though they are far from the best sort. It has very good editing and indicates a dedicated post-production. There are a lot of elements of artistry in the film, and the parallels are exploited. This film does a
September 5, 2008was expecting a documentary on the fall of Falluja, made by filmmakers who just happened to be in the ill-fated Iraqi city when it was obliterated by U.S. Marines in the spring of 2004. But that's not at all what this film is about. Instead, Occupation: Dreamland is an intimate account of a particular group of soldiers
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