Redacted

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Redacted

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2007

1h 31m

War

Drama

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A fictional documentary discusses the effects the Iraq war has had on soldiers and local people through interviews with members of an American military unit, the media, and local Iraqis.

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Despite DePalma's obvious commitment to the material and passion for the issues at hand, Redacted suffers from stereotypical characters and a forced faux-doc style.

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Christopher Orr

The New Republic

Grant De Palma this much: At least he did not wait until 14 years after hostilities concluded to pull his catch-all war metaphor from the dark cupboard of his psyche.

Sep 22, 2008

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Adam Smith

BBC.com

Though the events are gruelingly (and graphically) recreated there's a typical lack of emotional connection which might be forgivable in a thriller but utterly hobbles this supposed cri de coeur. An almost total failure then, but a noble one.

Rated: 2/5

Mar 14, 2008

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Wally Hammond

Time Out

War was ever a Kubrick-ian hell-ride, futile, fundamentally unheroic and de-humanising, but now it's mocked by a mad multimedia accompaniment innocent of all real ethical, moral and humanitarian value.

Rated: 3/6

Mar 14, 2008

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Prairie Miller

WBAI Radio

Timeless and more relevant than ever in the face of permanent US war against the world, Redacted has prophetically conjured a parallel US war, targeting journalists and filmmakers. And in an ironic case of redacting the director and his film as well.

Sep 10, 2013

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Kelly Vance

East Bay Express

Brian De Palma's feature-length fictionalized polemic, Redacted, expresses its outrage with a ferocity that takes mainstream protest of the Iraq war into new territory.

Apr 28, 2011

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

The director's concern is deeply felt, yet it is his old obsession, the camera's unreliability, that still engages him the most

Aug 27, 2009

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thiago s

Filme bacaninha, o roteiro é mais ou menos, as cenas são bacaninhas, a história é mais ou menos, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

07/11/25

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Audience Member

Interesting, perhaps in the way it was filmed, and maybe the unique crime scenario not really seen before in a film. This is DePalma branching out quite unsuccessfully, so, feel free to ignore this one.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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Cartoon-like characters. Scans like it was devised by a group of angsty teenagers for a college media project.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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it would have been 4 stars but there are some minor quibbles as to how a director as accomplished as De Palma has managed to fail in appropriating verisimilitude (which was after all the main point in the way this film was made) in this innovative 'Hollywood' take of the kind of bullying action that can take place in a(n) (unjust) war such as Iraqi war. Depressing but nevertheless real. Worthy but I dont wanna see it again.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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7/10 intersting approach

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Audience Member

I figure sooner or later people will "get" this film. I just hope I'm still around so I can tell them I called it.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Synopsis

A fictional documentary discusses the effects the Iraq war has had on soldiers and local people through interviews with members of an American military unit, the media, and local Iraqis.

Director: Brian De Palma
Producer: Jennifer Weiss, Simone Urdl, Jason Kliot, Joana Vicente
Screenwriter: Brian De Palma
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
Production Co: HDNet, Film Farm Productions
Rating: R (Rape|Pervasive Language|Some Sexual References/Images|Strong Disturbing Violence)
Genre: War, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 16, 2007, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 6, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $65.1K
Runtime: 1h 31m

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