SummaryCombining elements of thriller, romance, and war movie, The Situation, set exclusively in Iraq, dramatizes one of the countless human stories that lie behind the headlines of the current war. (Shadow Distribution)
Directed By:Philip Haas
Written By:Wendell Steavenson
The Situation
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Metascore
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6 Reviews
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75
The Situation is written by Wendell Steavenson, a reporter who served in Iraq, as a work of fiction. Its best quality is that the situation in Iraq appears to be sadly realistic.
75
Shot in Morocco with hand-held cameras, the movie has the urgency of a heart attack. Clearly tilted against the war, and heavy on explanatory dialogue, it paints a bleak picture of a desperate country that is being exploited by extremists at the expense of the despairing citizens. The situation is dire.
58
An overstuffed, unengaging drama that makes time for a love triangle.
50
An uneven but impressively ambitious picture.
40
Though Philip Haas's digitally shot film has the firsthand immediacy of such nonfictional docs as "Iraq in Fragments" and "Gunner Palace," its dramatic template feels disappointingly secondhand.
40
This awkward and half-digested movie gives off a melancholy reek.
20
Exploitation cinema of the most narcoleptic kind.
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Production Company:
- Shadow Distribution
- Red Wine Pictures
- Armian Pictures
- The Situation LLC
Release Date:Feb 2, 2007
Duration:1 h 51 m
Rating:R
