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04/07/07
The Prisoner Or: How I Planned To Kill Tony Blair (2007)
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Reviews Counted:28
Fresh:24
Rotten:4
Average Rating:6.9/10
Runtime: 72 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Petra Epperlain and Michael Tucker's documentary uses humor to explore the heartbreaking story of an innocent man's imprisonment. Yunis is an Iraqi journalist living happily with his family in... [More]
Director: Petra Epperlein, Michael Tucker
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04/09/07
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05/12/07
Modest picture offers a miniature portrait of the military occupation at its most sinister and comically inept, and the mild-mannered Abbas himself makes a wry, fatalistic protagonist.
03/22/07
Top CriticThe American military comes across as bungling and ineffective as protectors. If people thought we didn't know what we were doing in Iraq before, this is yet more evidence of our incompetence.
04/23/07
Abbas could tell his interrogators nothing they wanted to know, but everything we needed to know about their tactics.
03/30/07
Retroish cartoon panels of Uday Hussein and torture cell blocks, thought balloons floating over live talking heads, amplified sound effects. The choice is a bold one, occasionally glib and almost derailing the seriousness of the material.
03/24/07
...it's hard not to be drawn into his admittedly horrifying tale.
09/07/06
A follow-up to the acclaimed Gunner Place, this docu, about one innocent Iraqui's detention and then shipment to Abu Ghraib, exhibits a restrained approach that allows its righteous indignation to grow slowly without resorting to manipulative tactics.
03/22/07
What really gives you hope for humanity in general is that Abbas came out of his demeaning and heart-rending experience with his dignity and, maybe, some of his sense of humor intact.
03/22/07
Top Critic[Abbas'] story demands to be heard, though Tucker and Epperlein lack the material for a full feature and pad this out to 73 minutes with some incongruously playful elements.
03/30/07
Provides ample proof of the old adage that truth is stranger than fiction.
03/23/07
I would have preferred a clearer narrative that was easier to understand, without all the comic-book gimmicks. Despite those faults, the documentary is worth seeing.
04/04/07
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07/10/08
Top CriticWhat's troubling about the film's technique is its lack of context; we must take Yuris, who speaks serviceable English, pretty much at his word. What's troubling about his story is its ring of truth.
03/30/07
Top CriticThe prisoner's journalistic tendencies served him well in jail: He chronicled details of his captivity, including names and serial numbers of fellow prisoners, in places guards wouldn't notice (like the inside of his boxer shorts).
03/21/07
The filmmaker’s methodology backfires by undercutting the credibility of the testimony presented and overshadowing any actual miscarriage of justice.
03/31/07
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06/28/07
None of The Prisoner's showy flourishes -- animation, sound effects, fancy editing -- can match the power of Abbas' stillness as he describes one man's agony in one huge hell.
03/28/07
Top CriticA depressing story, certainly, as well as moving, confusing and, at a fast 72 minutes, at once undercooked and overpadded.
03/23/07
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