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Taxi to the Dark Side Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 100

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  This movie does not describe the America I learned about in civics class, or think of when I pledge allegiance to the flag. Yet I know I will get the usual e-mails accusing me of partisanship, bias, only telling one side, etc. What is the other side? See this movie, and you tell me.

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• 91

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  Where "No End" is cool and measured, Taxi is hot, anguished, and sometimes as difficult to watch as pictures of torture ought to be.

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• 80

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  The New York TimesA.O. Scott

  If recent American history is ever going to be discussed with the necessary clarity and ethical rigor, this film will be essential.

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• 70

  out of 100

  Variety

  Photos and video of torture at Bagram and Abu Ghraib are the most viscerally disturbing elements of Taxi to the Dark Side, but the way soft-spoken soldiers were transformed into beasts with the tacit approval of the higher-ups is just as profoundly chilling.

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• 70

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan

  As viewers of his Enron film will testify, Gibney is a scrupulous director, and Taxi to the Dark Side is filled with detailed factual information.

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• 70

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  The Hollywood Reporter

  In the end, this passionate indictment of present U.S. policies stirs both sadness and outrage.

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• 70

  out of 100

  Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern

  Taxi to the Dark Side adds something new to our awareness -- interviews with soldiers who served as interrogators in Afghanistan, and in Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib prison, and who, in some cases that ended in courts martial, served prison terms themselves.

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