The Situation (2007) Critic Reviews

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San Francisco Chronicle | Ruthe SteinAdd Critic to Favorites

Compelling and deeply disturbing.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Lisa SchwarzbaumAdd Critic to Favorites

An overstuffed, unengaging drama that makes time for a love triangle.Read the full review

Variety | Ronnie ScheibAdd Critic to Favorites

Undeniably topical but the lack of emotional investment in its characters renders it more intelligent than engaging.Read the full review

Boston Globe | Sandy MacDonaldAdd Critic to Favorites

Overall the concept is strong and expertly fleshed out; it's just a pity that Hollywood tropes are allowed to invade.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Kenneth TuranAdd Critic to Favorites

The romance makes an awkward, contrived fit with the nominally serious political stuff, and even those momentous events come off as generic and unconvincing.Read the full review

Washington Post | Desson ThomsonAdd Critic to Favorites

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.Read the full review

Wall Street Journal | Joe MorgensternAdd Critic to Favorites

The situation in The Situation is grimly photogenic, yet persistently opaque.Read the full review

The Hollywood Reporter | Michael RechtshaffenAdd Critic to Favorites

Part war drama, part political thriller, part romance -- and wholly uninvolving.Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Noel MurrayAdd Critic to Favorites

It's a rare moment when the STORY makes the point, not the speeches.Read the full review

The New York Times | Manohla DargisAdd Critic to Favorites

Exploitation cinema of the most narcoleptic kind.Read the full review

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