The Ground Truth (2006)
Average Rating: 7.5/10
Reviews Counted: 47
Fresh: 41 | Rotten: 6
The stories the soldiers have to tell are eye-opening and wrenching to hear; collectively it's a searing peek into the toll of war both during and after.
Average Rating: 7.1/10
Critic Reviews: 16
Fresh: 13 | Rotten: 3
The stories the soldiers have to tell are eye-opening and wrenching to hear; collectively it's a searing peek into the toll of war both during and after.
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Filmmaker Patricia Foulkrod produced and directed this documentary, designed to shed light on a little examined side of war -- the soldiers who do the fighting. The Ground Truth: The Human Cost of War focuses on the men and women who fought in the War in Iraq, but found themselves largely ignored in the media coverage of the conflict and in their treatment by the military bureaucracy when they came back from the front lines. In extensive interviews with veterans of the Iraq war, these men and
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The voices of these brave young people reverberate hauntingly.
Top CriticMostly a string of talking-head interviews, but those talking heads -- more than 16 men and women -- are compelling.
It's a haunting and welcome addition to the growing library of war documentaries; one that wisely lets its subjects speak for themselves.
The Ground Truth powerfully documents the human cost of the Iraq war.
It's an edifying, upsetting film that offers a different perspective on the situation in the Middle East.
Those vets certainly deserve to be heard, but virtually every scene of the film tells us something we already knew.
perhaps the most important protest statement yet committed to film since the outbreak of [the Iraq War]
Sobering.
"The success of The Ground Truth lies in the courageously open and honest interviewees, but it works because of Rob Hall's editing, which not only compiles for us a perfectly evidential collection of footage but does so at a pace that doesn't dilly-dally
This film is effective because it doesn't rely on statistics, but rather interviews with soldiers, interspersed with combat footage.
Um retrato impactante das feridas de guerra invisíveis e do descaso com que o governo Bush lida com aqueles que finge honrar.
The Ground Truth: After the Killing Ends makes up in raw anger what it lacks in objectivity.
[W]hat makes The Ground Truth compelling viewing for hawks and doves alike is the straightforward manner in which the participants tell their stories.
The Ground Truth ought to show in classrooms and outside of army recruiting stations.
The veteran's problems are something which should be done something about and soon, but a theatrical release of a propaganda film is not going to do anything for their cause.
This film, a raw howl of outrage and pain, is proudly one-sided, allowing a generation of wounded men and women to scream their betrayal.
This documentary is enraging. So much lip service is paid to supporting the troops; so little support is actually given.
It's an essential piece of the narrative, and there's little doubt that the voices of these objectors will only grow louder over the coming months and years.
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