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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 17 Jul 2008

Davenport focuses deep on the Hollywood do-gooder mentality and her own complicity in treating Mohmed as a symbol of the war and not as a flawed…

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By Raul B (20) on 07 Jul 2008

A fascinating documentary that started out as what seems a DVD extra and ended up becoming a feature itself…

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By Frank Scheck (1,741) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 29 Jun 2008

What might have been a vanity project emerges as a surprisingly complicated morality tale…

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By Katie G (402) on 20 Jun 2008

An uncomfortable colonialist film. Problematic, ethically fucked, but engrossing…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 12 Jun 2008

This gut punch of a documentary will knock you for a loop. File it under no good deed goes unpunished…

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By Maitland Mcdonagh (2,150) for TV Guide (1,527) on 05 Jun 2008

For all her own frustrations, Davenport is honest enough not to gloss over the fact that what Muthana's adventures in the screen trade taught…

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By Scott Tobias (1,684) for AV Club (2,778) on 05 Jun 2008

Operation Filmmaker takes a thrilling left turn from its original conceit, and Davenport does a nice job rolling with the punches…

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By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 05 Jun 2008

Davenport herself seems stunned by how complicated the story turns out to be, which just makes her movie all the more worthwhile…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 05 Jun 2008

The film's parallels between Mohmed's travails and the Iraq war are forced, but overall this is a fascinating odyssey that never plays out…

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By Cynthia Fuchs (1,328) for PopMatters (2,617) on 03 Jun 2008

Engaging, provocative, and often discomforting, Operation Filmmaker reveals increasing tensions between Muthana and his would-be benefactors,…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine/Vulture (3,519) on 01 Jun 2008

Operation Filmmaker doesn't quite shake out as a microcosm of the American-Iraq relationship, although Davenport cheekily toys with the conceit…

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By William G (411) on 11 Mar 2008

It's hard to say exactly what this is about. The filmmaker becomes almost as much a subject as her original subject. Not especially satisfying…

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By Martin S (921) on 04 Mar 2008

J'ai bien aime quoique j'ai eu de la misere a le regarde de temps a autre car je dois admettre que je me reconnaissait par moments dans les…

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By Hilary D (89) on 03 Mar 2008

How badly do you want something? If you say you want it more than anything then wouldn't you do everything possible to get it…

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By Steve S (3,182) on 02 Mar 2008

This was an interesting doc about an act of charity going wrong. this person was so selfish and manipulative, it was disgusting…

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By Brandon T (513) on 02 Mar 2008

Surprisingly relevant doc...be sure to see Everything Is Illuminated first…

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By Kyle M (2,387) on 13 Oct 2007

My favourite film from tiff07…

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By John F (961) on 28 Sep 2007

So far the best documentary of the year…

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By Eddie Cockrell (117) for Variety (12,700) on 28 Sep 2007

Picture raises pithy questions sure to provoke animated discussions pro and con…

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