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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 11 Jul 2018

Shock and Awe is no “All the President’s Men,” but it does present a nice balance to the earlier film’s ultimately rosy picture…

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By Ben Kenigsberg (863) for The New York Times (9,847) on 11 Jul 2018

At a time when the current president routinely dismisses the accuracy of reporting, Shock and Awe feels more timely than it might have…

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By Emily Yoshida (237) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 11 Jul 2018

The problem isn’t Reiner taking dramatic liberties with the facts, it’s that his toolbox for doing so hasn’t changed since the mid-’90s…

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By Kerry Lengel (223) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 11 Jul 2018

Journalists deserve to be heralded — just not in this holier-than-thou cinematic cri de coeur…

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By Simi Horwitz (83) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 10 Jul 2018

A plodding film with ill-placed, klutzy exposition and credibility-defying and/or colorless characters that are spokespersons for various predictable…

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By Pete Hammond (936) for Deadline Hollywood Daily (332) on 10 Jul 2018

Rob Reiner tells the truth of an endangered free press in a powerful and pertinent drama about journalists who just want to get it right…

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By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 09 Jul 2018

The director tries to infuse Shock and Awe with the taut procedural drama of “All the President’s Men,” “Spotlight” or “The Post.”…

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By Travis Hopson (923) for Punch Drunk Critics (518) on 09 Jul 2018

the fire is missing and we're left wondering what happened to the impassioned director of A Few Good Men and The American President…

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By Derek Smith (382) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 08 Jul 2018

Rob Reiner's film rests on broad, sweeping proclamations about the importance of factual reporting…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 08 Jul 2018

If nothing else, the timely Shock and Awe is a blunt reminder of how important a skeptical press is in countering a popular government —…

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By Danielle Solzman (397) for Solzy at the Movies (339) on 08 Jul 2018

Whether the public wants it or not, Shock and Awe is a reminder that journalists--even cable talking heads--should always work to seek the truth…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Shockya.com (657) on 07 Jul 2018

A schmaltzy look at the workings of a syndicate determined to expose the U.S. mistake in Iraq while one of its subsidiaries refuses to print it…

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By Gary Goldstein (1,089) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 25 Apr 2018

If this swift, entertaining film, set during the post-9/11 run-up to the Iraq war, brashly leans left, it has history on its side as well as,…

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By Wendy Ide (1,500) for Screen International (2,241) on 25 Apr 2018

Densely factual and sometimes a little unweildy, this is a film in which good intentions outweigh style and execution…

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By Jessica Kiang (522) for Variety (12,700) on 25 Apr 2018

The shock feels less than shocking and the awe less than awesome in Rob Reiner’s righteously motivated but clunkily executed exposé of media…

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By Deborah Young (235) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 25 Apr 2018

The message tends to melt into a paint-by-numbers screenplay that pushes too many genre buttons to be thoroughly exciting…

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