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Why We Fight Review

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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
    68

    out of 100

    Metascore®
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    critic review scores.

  • 30

    out of 100

    Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern

    Mr. Jarecki undercuts his own case -- not just undercuts but carpet-bombs it -- by using the same propaganda techniques he professes to abhor.

  • 50

    out of 100

    The New York Times Manohla Dargis

    Mr. Jarecki forcefully, if not with wholesale persuasiveness, argues that our business is specifically war.

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  • 50

    out of 100

    Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

    The movie tells us nothing we haven't heard before.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Kevin Crust

    The long line of recent muckraking documentaries that has preceded Why We Fight does nothing to diminish its force.

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  • 75

    out of 100

    USA Today Mike Clark

    The result isn't quite a Michael Moore movie without the hubris, but it's reasonably close. It's thoughtful, and you have to take it seriously and with respect.

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  • 90

    out of 100

    Variety Robert Koehler

    Picture sets the gold standard for political documentaries.

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  • 91

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

    Jarecki is no glib ideologue thumbing his nose at power.

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