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The first great documentary of 2007.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 18, 2020

The "Eureka" moment in Charles Ferguson's exhaustive catalogue of our government's screw-ups is an Iraqi man crying at the sight of a burned-out building...

Full Review | May 26, 2020

[A] bracing documentary that asserts what most of us already know: The Iraq war has been a travesty.

Full Review | Jan 28, 2020

Charles Ferguson's gripping No End in Sight relies on former Bush administration officials to make the case that in its earliest stages the American military operation in Iraq was catastrophically mismanaged.

Full Review | Nov 30, 2017

Ferguson's film is intelligence-report methodical, providing a primer on how we got into Iraq and what screw-ups have made the situation spiral out of control.

Full Review | Apr 18, 2016

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 18, 2011

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 17, 2011

There's no shortage of opinion, but what Ferguson is aiming for in this fascinating 102-minute dissection is a professional critique of foreign policy.

Full Review | Apr 28, 2011

A persuasive argument that the inception of, and response to, the Iraq War perverted America's ideals and intellect. Its moderate temperament hides obvious roars: Remembering outrage is all that will keep this from again occurring unopposed.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Sep 19, 2010

A thorough, level-headed examination of the Bush administration's failure to properly prepare for, and execute, the war.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Aug 10, 2008

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 7, 2008

It doesn't matter if you're a news junkie or clueless about current events, you need to see this movie.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jun 24, 2008

No End is Sight is the product of a calmly systematic desire for knowledge, and as such, does not offer solutions, only profound insight.

Full Review | May 18, 2008

Lucidly, dramatically and without resorting to partisan rhetoric, Charles Ferguson's not-to-be-missed documentary "No End in Sight" lays out in convincing, appalling detail the disastrous missteps of the U.S. occupation of Iraq.

Full Review | Apr 7, 2008

By the time No End in Sight gets to a late chapter titled "Things Fall Apart," you'll believe that call could have been made a long time ago.

Full Review | Feb 29, 2008

a horror show guaranteed to make you mad

Full Review | Original Score: A- | Feb 18, 2008

Well-constructed and well-researched documentary which methodically lays out the groundwork for what went wrong in Iraq.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Jan 11, 2008

Watching the film, which is well-organized but utterly artless, one wonders who, exactly, it's trying to sway.

Full Review | Original Score: 39/100 | Jan 7, 2008

Charles Ferguson's film may be the best, and the final word on the subject.

Full Review | Dec 13, 2007

For anyone who's wondering why we're still stuck in Iraq, give this quick 100-minuter a whirl and get filled in.

Full Review | Original Score: 9/10 | Nov 25, 2007

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