Marooned in Iraq

Name: Marooned in Iraq
Genre: Drama
Released: April 25, 2003
Rating: 88

2003

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Universal acclaim based on 14 Critic Reviews

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Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Ratings

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Movie Details & Credits

Wellspring Media | Release Date: April 25, 2003

Summary: Set on the Iran-Iraq border in the early 1990s, this film dramatizes the plight of the Kurdish people.

Director: Bahman Ghobadi

Genre(s): Drama

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100

Richard Schickel

You'll have to seek it out in its limited release, but no current movie is more worth the effort. Read full review

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Jonathan Curiel

Ghobadi infuses his movie with a humor that can almost be called Seinfeldian, and it's this mix of laughter with tears that gives Marooned in Iraq its big impact. Read full review

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Dave Kehr

If Mr. Ghobadi's dominant theme is the devastation of the Kurds, his subdominant tone is one of strength, resistance and fertility. Read full review

Henry Sheehan

Occurring as it does amid a surge of tragedy and bitterness, its comic effect is powerfully mitigated. Read full review

Janice Page

As full of joy as pain, it's a perspective we need to see more often. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

On a miniscule budget, Ghobadi conveys the terror of war, while the beautifully edited sequence in which Iranian villagers make bricks resembles nothing so much as a choreographed dance number. Read full review

Scott Tobias

Ends with horrific revelations that are made all the more powerful by the lightness that precedes them. Simultaneously sad and hopeful, Ghobadi suggests the resiliency of a culture in which war is part of the fabric of everyday life. Read full review

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8	#8 Best Movie of 2003

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