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Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?

Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? (2008)

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Average Rating: 4.9/10
Reviews Counted: 105
Fresh: 39 | Rotten: 66

Morgan Sprulock's doc offers occasional insights but gets bogged down by the director/subject's gimmicky schtick.

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Average Rating: 4.4/10
Critic Reviews: 33
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 24

Morgan Sprulock's doc offers occasional insights but gets bogged down by the director/subject's gimmicky schtick.

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Average Rating: 3.3/5
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After revealing just what a diet of Big Macs can do to a person, filmmaker Morgan Spurlock takes a tongue-in-cheek look at another threat to our collective well-being in this witty documentary from the maker of Super Size Me. When Spurlock learns that he and his wife are expecting a baby, he decides that he wants the child to grow up in a safer world than we know today, so he takes it upon himself to track down the most dangerous man on Earth, Osama bin Laden. Spurlock hops on a plane and flies

Aug 26, 2008

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Complicated global problems require something a bit more challenging than this.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: CNN.com
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Morgan Spurlock is a living, breathing cautionary tale. Take a good, long look, kids: This is what happens when society validates really annoying people.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune
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A superficial primer for people who aren't likely to go see it in the first place.

June 27, 2008 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times
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The film does offer a glimmer of hope that behind all the bellowing by politicians and thugs, there are millions of people in the Middle East who simply yearn for peace.

May 16, 2008 Full Review Source: Toronto Star
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Where in the world is Morgan Spurlock's head? Occasionally, during this exasperating and goofy documentary, it seems squarely on his shoulders. Most of the time, however, it's firmly lodged up another part of his anatomy.

May 16, 2008 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail
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In his first film since Super Size Me, Spurlock tells you virtually nothing you didn't already know -- and, what's more, he does it with catchy videogame graphics and faux-naive man-on-the-street interviews that make Michael Moore look like Chet Huntley.

April 24, 2008 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly
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Shrinks the world situation to fit the mood of America and gets away with it. Candy-coated reality? Yankee vanity? Maybe so. But the sunniness is welcome.

April 28, 2011 Full Review Source: East Bay Express
East Bay Express

Makes Michael Moore look like Marcel Ophüls

August 26, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion
CinePassion

Super Size Me guy heads to the Middle East.

May 5, 2009 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media

There is room for a tough, journalistic documentary presented by someone who really did want to know the answer. But this isn't it.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Guardian [UK]
Guardian [UK]

Spurlock's disarming, slightly goofy demeanor gets him out of situations that might mean trouble for anyone else. His films are always fun and even illuminating to watch.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: San Diego Metropolitan
San Diego Metropolitan

This film finds him becoming more sentimental, perhaps because of his new domesticity, but the film is still consistently entertaining.

September 19, 2008 Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald

What makes it all work is how honest and grounded Spurlock is.

September 1, 2008 Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher
Flick Filosopher

Of course it's outrageous: it's supposed to be.

August 26, 2008 Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher
Flick Filosopher

Woefully small-scale, often misguided.

August 22, 2008 Full Review Source: Projection Booth
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Audience Reviews for Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?

Not as good as SUPER SIZE ME, but Spurlock does a good job at least trying to hunt down "OBL", as he refers to bin Laden in this film. Unfortunately, it's a waste of time to watch the film today, since "OBL" is dead.
June 14, 2011
spielberg00

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I have no comment! I also have absolutely no idea why I give it 3 stars, because this movie is very funny, but the plot is... well, I don't even know if it is fresh! This is soo weird!
January 26, 2010
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