The Situation
Shadow Distribution | Release Date: February 2, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
12
Negative:
2

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Miami HeraldMarta Barber
The Situation is written by Wendell Steavenson, a reporter who served in Iraq, as a work of fiction. Its best quality is that the situation in Iraq appears to be sadly realistic. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Shot in Morocco with hand-held cameras, the movie has the urgency of a heart attack. Clearly tilted against the war, and heavy on explanatory dialogue, it paints a bleak picture of a desperate country that is being exploited by extremists at the expense of the despairing citizens. The situation is dire. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
While not easy to watch, and at times even harder to follow, Haas' film is an important attempt to accurately capture the confusing reality of contemporary Iraq. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleRuthe Stein
Compelling and deeply disturbing. Read full review
70
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
The Situation, Philip Haas's deftly paced, well-written, and brilliantly infuriating Iraq War thriller is not only the strongest of recent geopolitical hotspot flicks but one that has been designed for maximal agitation. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
The Situation deserves credit for not trying to reduce the events in Iraq to facile equations. There is corruption and cynicism on all sides: the U.S. diplomats and military, the Sunni leaders, the thugs in cop uniforms, the local powerbrokers. Read full review
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