Review of Boys of Abu Ghraib (2014) by Mark Jenkins for NPR — 30 Mar 2014
Shot in New Mexico on a limited budget, Boys of Abu Ghraib is a credible depiction of the tedium, frustration and humiliation of wartime service. (Jack gets coated in human excrement not once but twice.
) Naturalistic scenes of boxing, bantering and masturbation, set to a rap and hard-rock score, emphasize that these boys are young American everymen.
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This review of Boys of Abu Ghraib (2014) was written by Mark Jenkins and published by NPR on 30 Mar 2014.
Boys of Abu Ghraib has generally received mixed reviews.
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