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The New York Times by Stephen Holden
Watching it is like slowly leafing through a giant scrapbook whose contents include the individual stories of a large extended family.
Iraqi Odyssey
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Tracing the emigrations of his family over more than half a century, this documentary epic from acclaimed expatriate Iraqi filmmaker Samir pays heartfelt homage to the frustrated democratic dreams of a people plagued by the horrors of dictatorship, war, and foreign occupation in Iraq.
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Village Voice by Sam Weisberg
Heartrending throughout, Iraqi Odyssey is everything you want in a documentary — informative, involving, and eager to decipher complex, often paradoxical historical conundrums. Everything, that is, except visually interesting.
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Variety by Jay Weissberg
The running time of two hours and 43 minutes is unquestionably self-indulgent; thankfully the clan’s charisma keeps attention from lagging too much despite frequent opportunities for trimming.
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The Hollywood Reporter by Deborah Young
Mostly one wishes for a more concise edit that would pull this impressive avalanche of memories and faded photos together a lot sooner.
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Los Angeles Times by Martin Tsai
With the mixing of the sprawling family tree with geopolitical imbroglios already proving daunting for viewers, the filmmaker exacerbates the confusion by eschewing a linear chronology.
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