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By Mark G (832) on 31 Oct 2008

Sobering and disturbing. Tomas is a true hero, but even more so for continuing his fight for truth and justice here at home…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 17 Oct 2008

It’s uneven and, in many instances, avoidably cheesy…

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By Jen M (690) on 08 Oct 2008

I was able to go see this movie...last weekend. I thought it was a powerful testament to the mess that is the war in Iraq…

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By Veronika L (3) on 29 Jun 2008

This movie makes me want to go to Washington DC and Shake Senator Byrd's hand…

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By Private U (13,627) on 14 Jun 2008

Very powerful movie…

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By Beth Accomando (509) for KPBS.org (509) on 07 Jun 2008

Body of War is a powerful and effective documentary because it keeps its focus very tight and makes its story vivid in personal terms…

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By Sean Burns (1,156) for Philadelphia Weekly (778) on 20 May 2008

Donahue and Spiro should've spent more time exploring the human moments and much less time browbeating us with stuff we already know…

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By Jared L (375) on 17 May 2008

This latest entry in a long string of Iraqumentaries is also one of the best. At the same time, it's also difficult and painful to watch…

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By Tiffany W (163) on 14 May 2008

Everyone in this country--no matter your stance on the war--should see this film…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 14 May 2008

The overreaching Spiro and Donahue are not content to persuade viewers; they insist on convincing us…

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By Erika N (45) on 11 May 2008

The footage of one politician after another repeating the same administration-issued pro-war sound bites, seemingly without even editing them,…

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By David S (4,459) on 06 May 2008

Very chilling -- Robert Byrd's speech before the vote to give Bush the power to declare war -- he predicts everything that went wrong in Iraq…

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By Carrie Rickey (1,198) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 01 May 2008

The parade of senators parroting the rationale for invasion - what we now know was misinformation - does not undermine Young's story…

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By Carina Chocano (358) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 24 Apr 2008

Politics recede in the face of the realities of Young's life, and Spiro and Donahue would have succeeded in making the same point had they…

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By Geoff Berkshire (602) for Metromix.com (1,085) on 23 Apr 2008

On the lower tier of the numerous docs about the war and the Middle East…

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By Scott Foundas (913) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 23 Apr 2008

Neither the most cinematic nor the most elegantly crafted of recent Iraq War documentaries, but that doesn't stop it from being one of the…

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By Sylvia L (40) on 19 Apr 2008

There have been many moving anti-war movies that have come out since the US invaded Iraq over bullshit, but Tomas Young's story really hits…

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By Larry T (80) on 18 Apr 2008

This documentary follows the life of a soldier after he returns from Iraq paralyzed from the chest down…

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By Tamara Straus (9) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 17 Apr 2008

Joins the growing mass of excellent, disturbing and achingly sad documentaries about the Iraq conflict…

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By Jette Kernion (87) for Cinematical (752) on 16 Apr 2008

Half an excellent and touching profile of a young veteran, but unfortunately, half a strident anti-war propaganda film…

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