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The Road to Guantanamo Review

Movies.com Critics

3.5

Dave White Profile

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Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 4.0
    64

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Generally favorable reviews
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 58

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

    Here's one case where it's no praise to say that a movie leaves you with more questions than answers.

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  • 60

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Carina Chocano

    There are some blunders on The Road to Guantanamo. The movie front-loads its first-person accounts with a short list of facts to keep in mind as we watch, creating an imbalance that serves only to undercut the movie's overall credibility.

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  • 60

    out of 100

    The New York Times Dana Stevens

    While far from a great movie, nonetheless effectively dramatizes a position that has been argued, by principled commentators on the left and the right, for several years now: that the abuse of prisoners, innocent or not, is not only repugnant in its own right.

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  • 60

    out of 100

    Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern

    Watching this mlange of journalism and dramatic license can be enthralling and maddening at the same time, because the ring of truth, which the film has, is not the same as the truth, which remains unknown.

  • 63

    out of 100

    USA Today Claudia Puig

    A riveting and disturbing documentary that falls short of greatness by not providing enough insight into the characters. It is mostly intent on inciting a sense of outrage in the viewer, and it succeeds.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    Variety Deborah Young

    The film has a winning combo of excitement and topicality.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt

    A tough, compelling, must-see movie.

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