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TopTenREVIEWS presents the movie reviews of Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, The (2003)

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Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, The (2003) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, The (2003) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, The (2003) Movie Reviews

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Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, The (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert) Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
How strange the fate that brought together Robert McNamara and Errol Morris to make "The Fog of War. ...read the complete Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, The (2003) scores a combined 3.52 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli) ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
*The "Interrotron," according to the press notes, is "a system of modified Teleprompters [that allow] Morris to project his image on a monitor placed directly over the camera's lens. ...read the complete Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, The (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers) Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
In the sure hands of Errol Morris, this documentary on former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, 87, brings history -- from World War II to Vietnam -- to provocative life and tells us how we got where we are in a post-9/11 world. ...read the complete Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, The (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
We all make mistakes. Robert S. ...read the complete Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, The (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Since his 1978 breakthrough, Gates of Heaven, master documentarian Errol Morris has made a career out of exploring the psyches of oddballs, enigmatic loners, criminals and the occasional hero and/or genius. ...read the complete Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
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Empire Magazine [UK]
Whether you see it as a plea for understanding or forgiveness, or an attempt to excuse the inexcusable, this worthy Oscar-winner is a never less than fascinating re-examination of one of the most devastating tragedies of the 20th century, hosted by a...read the complete Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, The (2003) review at Empire Magazine [UK]
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Political Film Society
The Fog of War, directed by Errol Morris, is subtitled Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara. The documentary raises important questions, provides information that will be new to many filmviewers, and the answers are extremely troubling....read the complete Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, The (2003) review at Political Film Society
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PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)
"Are you ready? All set?" In response to Errol Morris' offscreen query, Robert Strange McNamara sets his face and gazes into the Interrotron. He looks vaguely uncomfortable and also ready, but for...read the complete Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, The (2003) review at PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)
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James Bowman
The most revealing thing that Errol Morris’s The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara has to show about his subject is the fact that he ever agreed to cooperate with the filmmaker in the first place. Though obviously...read the complete Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, The (2003) review at James Bowman
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Sun Newspapers of Cleveland
Be forewarned: Nothing's sacred in "EuroTrip," not even the Pope. The jokes are naughty, the alcoholic consumption is high, the stereotypes are aplenty and the girls are bare....read the complete Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, The (2003) review at Sun Newspapers of Cleveland
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