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Battle for Haditha

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United Kingdom · 2007
Rated R · 1h 37m
Director Nick Broomfield
Starring Matthew Knoll, Elliott Ruiz, Eric Mehalacopoulos, Nathan De La Cruz
Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War

Chronicles and investigates the massacre of 24 men, women, and children in Haditha, Iraq allegedly shot by U.S. Marines in retaliation for the death of a soldier killed by a roadside bomb. The movie follows the stories of the Marines of Kilo Company, an Iraqi family, and the insurgents who plant the roadside bomb.

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70

Village Voice by

An engaging Iraqudrama that straddles the line between blistering exposé and Spielbergian heart-tugger.

70

Salon by Andrew O'Hehir

Largely improvised, cast with ex-Marines and Iraqi refugees and shot in Jordan. It might just be the movie this war has been waiting for.

80

New York Magazine (Vulture) by David Edelstein

Battle for Haditha has some of the raw energy of Sam Fuller's war pictures, which weren't subtle but left you energized by their ambivalence (there was no good or evil). It's a hell of a picture.

50

Chicago Reader by J.R. Jones

Broomfield, whose celebrity exposés are known for their intrusiveness and innuendo, lost me with his gentle shower scene between an Iraqi woman and her husband; even if it wasn't invented, is it really any of our business?

50

TV Guide Magazine by Ken Fox

Broomfield's film is didactic, awkwardly acted by the cast of former Marines who are meant to lend the film credibility, and clumsily inflammatory.

60

The New York Times by Manohla Dargis

Mr. Broomfield maintains a level of cool detachment throughout. That's to the good of the movie, which, though technically exemplary, falters dramatically on occasion, becoming dangerously close to overheated whenever the characters speak for any length.

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