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By Godfrey Cheshire (178) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 12 Jul 2018

Shock and Awe reminds us all of this, and of the American media’s shameful complicity in fomenting an unjustified and vastly destructive war…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 12 Jul 2018

It’s a rote piece of work that, oddly, also feels dated even at a time when the press and the White House have rarely been more at odds…

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By Tony Medley (1,109) for The Larchmont Chronicle (9) on 12 Jul 2018

unremittingly boring...Considering the fact that Reiner has been a talented director and that Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, and James…

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By Ben Mankiewicz (74) for What the Flick?! (134) on 12 Jul 2018

There is a degree of outrage [in] the movie, but there is no passion in that outrage...the characters had it but the movie didn't…

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By Michael Ordoña (350) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 12 Jul 2018

Fact-based drama about tenacious reporters; strong language…

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By Matt Atchity (14) for What the Flick?! (134) on 12 Jul 2018

There was very little emotional engagement, and this is a story that should have made us much madder…

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By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN.com (607) on 12 Jul 2018

For all that, Shock and Awe is a slim, at-times too-obvious portrayal of an important story, as well as the fundamental calling of journalism…

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By Jesse D (297) on 12 Jul 2018

As someone who was active duty during 2001, has a master's degree in screenwriting, and truly loves movies for their own sake, I can sincerely…

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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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