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Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: Should be required viewing for anyone who makes decisions about national defense, if not for everyone. Read more
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: An insanely timely cautionary tale about American omniscience and the fallible belief that rationality will always win out. Read more
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: It is a profound examination of the troubling proposition that good or well-meaning people can help create horrible and evil events -- and be swept along in the turmoil they unleash. Read more
Stephen Holden, New York Times: If there's one movie that ought to be studied by military and civilian leaders around the world at this treacherous historical moment, it is The Fog of War. Read more
John Hartl, Seattle Times: Disturbing. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: Thumbs way up for this film. Read more
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: In his willingness to speak up but not entirely out, McNamara provides the movie with its key fascination: the confessor who refuses to comment. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: One of the best documentaries of this or any year. Read more
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Morris has learned a lot over the years about how to tell a story while gradually unveiling a personality. But I wish I had a better notion of what story he's trying to tell. Read more
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: Fascinating documentary about Robert S. McNamara. Read more
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post: A provocative case study in power and the powerful. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: A warning beacon about fog conditions that never subside but only shift to American military involvement in other parts of the world. Read more
Jane Sumner, Dallas Morning News: [Morris] gave him a stage -- and Mr. McNamara took it -- to chart the tragedy of Vietnam and prove that war is too complex, too dangerous for fallible human beings in power to know what they're doing. Read more
Marc Cooper, L.A. Weekly: Evokes a handful of compelling and tantalizing passages. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: Morris has always engaged audiences -- and outraged stuffy Oscar voters -- by bringing the full range of narrative filmmaking to his nonfiction films. He doesn't stint here. Read more
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News: Now, in Errol Morris' fascinating documentary, an 85-year-old McNamara looks squarely into Morris' camera and, with his eyes occasionally yielding tears, rehashes his life with a mixture of guilt, pride, candor, sadness and self-delusion. Read more
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: Emerges as a fascinating enterprise that evokes nothing so much as Victor Hugo's 'dialogue of the deaf' in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Read more
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel: What's genuinely suspenseful about the movie is its journey into the heart and mind of McNamara. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: By asking the right questions and guiding the interview into compelling territory, Morris has produced one of 2003's most memorable documentaries. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The effect of The Fog of War is to impress upon us the frailty and uncertainty of our leaders. Read more
Charles Taylor, Salon.com: Errol Morris tries to pin down Vietnam War chess-master Robert McNamara, and the results are fascinating -- also troubling, deeply confusing and way too artistically precious. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Morris, an ideal combination of journalist and romantic artist, matches footage to the words for maximum illumination and emotional impact. Read more
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune: The interviews were filmed a year before the war in Iraq. That so many of McNamara's lessons have come into play imbue The Fog of War with an eerie clarity. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: Essentially McNamara's version of himself through history, and he is such a persuasive figure. Read more
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star: A stethoscope on the heartbeat of history. Read more
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine: This is spellbinding reality cinema about duplicity and, worse, ignorance at the highest level. Read more
Mike Clark, USA Today: Though the movie may not change many minds about McNamara, it richly humanizes him, a valuable feat atop all the fascinating reflection. Read more
J. Hoberman, Village Voice: No matter what your opinion of McNamara, The Fog of War is a chastening experience. Read more