Shock and Awe
| Release Date: July 13, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
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4
Mixed:
9
Negative:
5
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75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperJan 3, 2019
At times Shock and Awe is reminiscent of journalistic procedurals from “President’s Men” to “Spotlight” to “The Post,” and it gets the nitty-gritty details of an early 2000s newsroom just right. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJul 12, 2018
Shock and Awe is no “All the President’s Men,” but it does present a nice balance to the earlier film’s ultimately rosy picture. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comGodfrey CheshireJul 13, 2018
Shock and Awe reminds us all of this, and of the American media’s shameful complicity in fomenting an unjustified and vastly destructive war. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreJul 9, 2018
If nothing else, the timely Shock and Awe is a blunt reminder of how important a skeptical press is in countering a popular government — or even an unpopular one — that is hellbent on lying, misleading, on doing something for nefarious reasons, and has all of cable news, talk radio and a truth-averse internet backing it up. Read full review
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