Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?
Weinstein Company, The | Release Date: April 18, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
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Mixed or average reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
14
Negative:
6
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38
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
I was not a fan of Albert Brooks's "Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World" (2005), but Brooks, at least, seemed willing to concede before it was over that his movie was a terrible idea. Spurlock seems opportunistically optimistic. Read full review
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Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
Everywhere he goes he asks if anybody knows bin Laden's whereabouts – as if anybody is going to tell him! Why should we accompany him on his self-aggrandizing trip? Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
The narrative emphasizes how much danger Spurlock is in and how noble he is to embark on all this while his wife is back in the U.S. expecting their first child; it's a little insulting to all the real reporters who've died in the field looking for hard information, not weak indie comedy. Read full review
25
Chicago TribuneJessica Reaves
Morgan Spurlock is a living, breathing cautionary tale. Take a good, long look, kids: This is what happens when society validates really annoying people. Read full review
25
New York PostLou Lumenick
One of my critical brethren opined that this sort of dumbing-down and low comedy may be the only way to sell the public a movie about the Iraq war. If that's true, God help us. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
A film so self-centered that even the director's most dedicated stalkers might find it a bit too narcissistic. Read full review
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