Operation Filmmaker

Name: Operation Filmmaker
Genre: Documentary
Released: June 4, 2008
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 69

2008

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Icarus Films | Release Date: June 4, 2008

Summary: When Hollywood gives a young Iraqi film student the opportunity of a lifetime, nothing goes according to plan, and the result is an engaging, sometimes comical political parable about do-gooder intentions gone wrong. (First Run/Icarus Films)

Director: Nina Davenport

Genre(s): Documentary

Runtime: 92 min

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Peter Rainer

The film's parallels between Mohmed's travails and the Iraq war are forced, but overall this is a fascinating odyssey that never plays out in ways you would expect. Read full review

Scott Tobias

Operation Filmmaker takes a thrilling left turn from its original conceit, and Davenport does a nice job rolling with the punches. Read full review

Ty Burr

It spreads the punishment around, from the executive suites of Hollywood to the mean streets of Baghdad. Everyone here comes out smelling bad - that's why the film's so good. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

Operation Filmmaker is eventually about Muthana blackmailing Davenport by withholding access to him as she fruitlessly seeks a happy ending for her film. "Now, I'm just looking for an exit strategy," she finally concludes. Read full review

David Edelstein

Operation Filmmaker doesn't quite shake out as a microcosm of the American-Iraq relationship, although Davenport cheekily toys with the conceit. But the movie is endlessly resonant. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Davenport herself seems stunned by how complicated the story turns out to be, which just makes her movie all the more worthwhile. Read full review

Eddie Cockrell

Picture raises pithy questions sure to provoke animated discussions pro and con. Credit Davenport for a mostly unbiased presentation that presents her own disenchantment in a balanced manner. Read full review

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