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Perhaps the most telling image in this remarkable movie is that of a relative intently swatting flies in Riyadh's house, while fighting rages outside.Full Review

Ella Taylor
L.A. Weekly

What My Country, My Country does best is show us that while both the Americans and the Iraqis care about the country's future, their cultural backgrounds and world views inevitably make them seem alien to each other.Full Review

Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times

A keenly constructed and tragic film, probably the best documentary so far to depict the Iraqi side of the current conflict.Full Review

Andrew O'Hehir
Salon.com

Even the most ardent of neoconservatives might find this intimate and nuanced documentary about life in occupied Iraq difficult to shake all politics aside, it is the human element that ultimately defines a nation as a people.Full Review

Steve Davis
Austin Chronicle

Reserving the only trace of editorializing for the end credits, which list some sobering numbers on the occupation and this so-called successful election, Poitras mainly allows her subjects and the circumstances to speak for themselves.Full Review

Scott Tobias
The Onion (A.V. Club)
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