Standard Operating Procedure
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- Synopsis
- Filmmaker Errol Morris (Gates of Heaven, The Thin Blue Line) takes an unflinching look at the Abu Ghraib prison scandal while meditating on the frightening side effects of the War on Terror in a thought-provoking documentary from Participant ......
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- Director(s)
- Errol Morris
- Distributor(s)
- Sony Classics
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 118 min.
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Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
Disturbing, analytical and morose. This is not a "political" film nor yet another screed about the Bush administration or the war in Iraq. It is driven simply, powerfully, by the desire to understand those photographs.Read the full review
The Onion (A.V. Club) | Scott TobiasAdd Critic to Favorites
With Standard Operating Procedure, the Iraq War finally has its Hearts And Minds.Read the full review
Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites
Morris, using a welter of photographs (many of which we haven't seen), constructs a day-to-day sense of how Abu Ghraib descended into a medieval hell.Read the full review
