Meeting Resistance
Release Date: October 19, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
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Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
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2
Mixed:
6
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75
San Francisco ChronicleJoe Garofoli
Worth the effort. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
It provides a more detailed and perhaps more reliable picture of the early movement's motives and practices than anything I've seen in the mainstream media. Read full review
50
Village VoiceAnthony Kaufman
Ultimately, Meeting Resistance is just one more doc about the monumental screw-up that is the U.S. campaign in Iraq. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Less a documentary than an unshaped document, this haphazard collection of interviews with Iraqi insurgents is both enlightening and frustrating. Read full review
50
VarietyRonnie Scheib
Proves a welcome addition to the growing body of films on Iraq, but ultimately promises more than it delivers. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesStaff (Not credited)
Meeting Resistance in theory should have been a revealing documentary. In truth, however, the measures taken to protect the informants' identities dilute the potency of their statements and diminish the film's efficacy as a historical document. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneSid Smith
While no doubt a contribution in terms of historical record, the 2003-2004 timeline of the movie makes it feel out of date. This offers perspective on the insurgents then, but leaves the viewer wondering what they would be thinking and saying four years later. Read full review
40
The New York TimesMatt Zoller Seitz
Many interviewees concede that the resistance is both disorganized and decentralized, and imply that some of the fighters are ethnic partisans jockeying for a slice of what will remain should the United States pull out. Read full review
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