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Standard Operating Procedure (2008)

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Standard Operating Procedure (2008) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:2.9287

Avg Critic Score:2.9071

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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

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The Sydney Morning Herald

IT was the photograph of the hooded figure standing on a box with electrical wires dangling from his wrists that first alerted the world to the cruelties of Abu Ghraib. ...read the complete Standard Operating Procedure movie review at The Sydney Morning Herald

Seattle Times (Jeff Shannon)

Morris explores the reality of Abu Ghraib with a visceral intensity that straightforward reportage could never allow. ...read the complete Standard Operating Procedure movie review at Seattle Times (Jeff Shannon)

Old School Reviews (John A. Nesbit)

tears through the façade ...read the complete Standard Operating Procedure movie review at Old School Reviews (John A. Nesbit)

Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)

What Errol Morris is doing with STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE is more than a mere and mundane retelling of the abuses committed by American military personnel at Abu Ghraib. There is certainly that, but Morris, whose non-fiction features are as quirky as ...read the complete Standard Operating Procedure movie review at Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)

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Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)

Morris addresses the far more difficult question of why . . . the tragic flaw within the human psyche that could allow this travesty to occur, spelling out in stark terms why such behavior is, as the title says, is standard operating procedure ...read the complete Standard Operating Procedure movie review at Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Completely unlike anything I was expecting from such a film -- more disturbing, analytical and morose. ...read the complete Standard Operating Procedure movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

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The Onion A.V. Club

With his full arsenal of cinematic devices in effect, Morris succeeds particularly well in suggesting the visceral horror of being stationed at Abu Ghraib: The constant barrage of mortars and sniper fire, the unholy stench and rot, the extreme isolation, ...read the complete Standard Operating Procedure movie review at The Onion A.V. Club

HDFest.com (Gerald Wright)

To understand the facts, you must understand the facility. The Abu Ghraib (Abu Ghurayb) prison, located approximately 20 miles west of Baghdad, is where Saddam Kammai (who was head of the Special Security Organization of Saddam Hussein era) oversaw the ...read the complete Standard Operating Procedure movie review at HDFest.com (Gerald Wright)

ColeSmithey.com (Cole Smithey)

Documentarian Errol Morris effectively takes the viewer inside the atmosphere of psychological and physical abuse doled out by American military at Abu Ghraib by connecting the thousands of damning photos taken to their context. And he doesn't stop ...read the complete Standard Operating Procedure movie review at ColeSmithey.com (Cole Smithey)

Onion AV Club (Scott Tobias)

Working from interviews with many of the key players, Morris investigates the Abu Ghraib case with all the rigor of his film The Thin Blue Line, and comes away with an equally convincing argument for miscarried justice. ...read the complete Standard Operating Procedure movie review at Onion AV Club (Scott Tobias)

Newsday (Rafer Guzman)

You probably won't find a more illuminating account of what happened within the walls of Abu Ghraib. ...read the complete Standard Operating Procedure movie review at Newsday (Rafer Guzman)

PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)

Errol Morris' smart new documentary remembers the Abu Ghraib pictures' effects -- the shock, the outrage, and the anger that greeted their release. ...read the complete Standard Operating Procedure movie review at PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)

Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)

The most chilling thing about the film is how hard it is to completely separate yourself from those guilty U.S. soldiers. Now who in the world would want to go see that? ...read the complete Standard Operating Procedure movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)

Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)

This one is a very powerful, gripping, grueling look at the Abu Ghraib controversy. He interviews several of the low-ranking soldiers who took the fall for torturing prisoners, and we come to find out -- very simply -- that they were all following ...read the complete Standard Operating Procedure movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)

TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)

No matter how slick and questionably appropriate Morris's style may be, the content is compelling. ...read the complete Standard Operating Procedure movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)

Boston Globe (Ty Burr)

The movie�s a staggering work that traces the rotten blossom of this scandal close to its roots. ...read the complete Standard Operating Procedure movie review at Boston Globe (Ty Burr)

Slant Magazine

"You've got to understand you're dead," says a weary survivor of the surreal inferno that was the Abu Ghraib detention facility at the start of Errol Morris's Standard Operating Procedure, a cannily crafted but hauntingly ...read the complete Standard Operating Procedure movie review at Slant Magazine

Slate (Dana Stevens)

Indisputably an impressive piece of documentary filmmaking. Whether that makes it a great document about what actually happened at Abu Ghraib is a separate question, and one that goes to the heart of Morris' project as a filmmaker. ...read the complete Standard Operating Procedure movie review at Slate (Dana Stevens)

USA Today (Claudia Puig)

Standard Operating Procedure's subject matter, and what it says about the war in Iraq, is eye-opening. It may be the most disturbing film you'll see in a long time. ...read the complete Standard Operating Procedure movie review at USA Today (Claudia Puig)

Zoom in Online (Mike Raffensperger)

This isnâ��t about being red or blue. This isnâ��t about being politically aware. This is about our soul as a nation, about what it means to be American, to be human. ...read the complete Standard Operating Procedure movie review at Zoom in Online (Mike Raffensperger)

Christian Science Monitor (Peter Rainer)

At this late date there is little that is factually revelatory about his film, but as a human document of what people are capable of in wartime, it's indispensable. ...read the complete Standard Operating Procedure movie review at Christian Science Monitor (Peter Rainer)

Premiere Magazine (Glenn Kenny)

Morris' method has a subliminal message -- it reminds you that he, as a filmmaker, is also manipulating this thing called 'reality.' It's his way of telling the viewer to never stop asking questions. ...read the complete Standard Operating Procedure movie review at Premiere Magazine (Glenn Kenny)

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