The Forever Prisoner
HBO | Release Date (Streaming): December 6, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
75
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
CNNBrian LowryDec 6, 2021
The Forever Prisoner asks the right questions regarding not just Zubaydah but the broader prosecution of the war against terrorism. As the film makes clear, it's the answers that have proven elusive. Read full review
88
RogerEbert.comNick AllenDec 6, 2021
The extremes uncovered in this film become revealing of what we accept as necessary, in what we as a nation rationalize as justice even without procedure. It is eye-opening, and yet also like Gibney’s best work, affirming in the worst ways. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubRoxana HadadiDec 3, 2021
Gibney’s challenging interview style, the uncompromising tone of his questions, and the way he undercuts Mitchell’s self-aggrandizing martyrdom (and conveniently murky timeline regarding the deployment of EITs in the field) are satisfying distillations of what so many people who recognize Mitchell as a war criminal who got away would probably like to say. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergDec 29, 2021
Nothing in The Forever Prisoner feels all that revelatory, but the thing that’s essential in the doc is the reminder that for all of the story’s familiarity, it reflects a situation that has been barely ameliorated over more than a decade. Read full review
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