
In November 2005, US Marines fell into an ambush by Iraqi insurgents and one officer got killed. The reprisals by the Americans were frightening, resulting in the massacre of 24 people, many of whom were women and children. "Battle for Haditha" is the faithful account of this tragic event which scandalized the world.... (Full plot summary below)
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In November 2005, US Marines fell into an ambush by Iraqi insurgents and one officer got killed. The reprisals by the Americans were frightening, resulting in the massacre of 24 people, many of whom were women and children. "Battle for Haditha" is the faithful account of this tragic event which scandalized the world.
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| Film Journal InternationalMaria GarciaHis conflation of reality and narrative filmmaking, unique as it may seem, that doesn't always work. |
| The New RepublicStanley KauffmannFilms about the Iraq war continue to come and, I hope, will keep coming. Among the most recent, The Battle for Haditha is especially notable. |
| NewsBlazeKam WilliamsRemember when your mother warned that playing video games would desensitize you to violence? Now witness Exhibit A: a docudrama showcasing Generation Kill's all volunteer army in all its glory. |
| indieWireLeo GoldsmithA bold effort to grapple with what truth lies behind these images, rather than to simply throw one's hands up in the face of them |
| Salon.comAndrew O'HehirLargely improvised, cast with ex-Marines and Iraqi refugees and shot in Jordan. It might just be the movie this war has been waiting for. |
| VarietyRobert KoehlerIntense, fair-minded entry in the pileup of Iraq pictures. |
| Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaLacking in subtlety and nuance, Broomfield's nerve-jangling movie nonetheless succeeds in showing the war from various vantage points. And from wherever one's standing, the view is profoundly disturbing. |
| AV ClubNathan RabinUnsubtle but gripping, Battle For Haditha illustrates how a military that treats every man, woman, and child as a potential enemy can soon find that such thinking constitutes a self-fulfilling prophecy. |
| CinematicalNick SchagerAs unsophisticated as ... Brian DePalma's Redacted, although at least Broomfield forgoes spurious aesthetic shenanigans. |
| TV GuideKen FoxBroomfield's film is didactic, awkwardly acted by the cast of former Marines who are meant to lend the film credibility, and clumsily inflammatory. |