
A montage of stories about U.S. soldiers fighting in the Iraq conflict, focusing on the modern forms of media covering the war.... (Full plot summary below)
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A montage of stories about U.S. soldiers fighting in the Iraq conflict, focusing on the modern forms of media covering the war.
Leave your thoughts about Redacted.
| eFilmCritic.comPeter SobczynskiA shattering and angry work of socially committed cinema that is one of the most emotionally devastating films of De Palma's entire career |
| Detroit Free PressTerry LawsonIt is simply so amateurish and overacted that it makes it impossible to become invested in the documentary-like reality De Palma hopes to achieve. |
| ReelTalk Movie ReviewsDonald J. Levit'Redacted' is effective in atmosphere and in making a point, obvious as that is. |
| The Hollywood ReporterRay BennettDe Palma's screenplay is outstanding, and he draws wonderfully naturalistic performances from his youthful cast. |
| Philadelphia Daily NewsGary ThompsonA repulsive movie, marred by grotesquely hammy acting and inscrutable presentation by Brian De Palma. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe result of the film is shocking, saddening and frustrating. |
| culturevulture.netHarry ChotinerBrian DePalma has written and directed a deeply anti-American film, and that should be acknowledged, embraced, and defended as one legitimate reading of our country in 2007. |
| Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerHe intercuts documentary sequences from a French news crew and also includes Arab website footage of insurgents and YouTube confessions from soldiers who witnessed a barbarous act, which we also see, involving the platoon and a young Iraqi girl. The concept is audacious but the actors are too theatrical. |
| New York PostKyle SmithDe Palma is extreme, visceral, usually in bad taste but almost always riveting. De Palma's Redacted, a no-budget fake documentary that imagines the circumstances behind a real rape and murder of a civilian girl committed by US troops in Iraq, is a piece of anti-war propaganda whose aims I don't agree with, but it jolted me nonetheless. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenLove it, hate it, but be sure to watch it, because this odd and disturbing picture is as different as the war it reflects, and that difference is vast enough to seem profound. |