The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

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Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

Well, well, well... another anti-USA film by a documentary film maker who has been born into every privilege in America has to offer and I guess its still not good enough to say Thank you, America, and Thank you, armed forces, for keeping me and mine safe and sound while we gallivant around on Martha's Vineyard and Cape Cod and make films that would never be financed without my royal American family name.I have seem Ms. Kennedy's films before (just saw another one about a nuclear power plant in NY state) and most of them are very liberal along the lines of every Republican is evil and every Democrat is a saint trying to right all the wrongs (perpetrated by evil Republicans, of course). In this one, Rumsfeld is the Villain.I know it there were some pretty awful things done to the prisoners, but do we have to parade it out there again? When is enough enough, when is it time to just stop all the self-flagellation? I mean, punish those who committed crimes, don't let it happen again, and move on. It doesn't make what these maniac terrorists did any better, does it? In addition, some of the things considered "torture" according to this film are really pretty mild, considering.I'm really tired of all the anti-American military "documentaries" out there-- its really nothing more than liberal propaganda if you ask me. I am pretty certain Ms. Kennedy has made a nice and tidy profit off of this type of stuff too. See it if you must, but you've been warned.I may just have to go and see "Hillary's America" to erase the bad feelings.

This documentary starkly (and unflinchingly) examines the prisoner abuse scandal involving American soldiers and detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison in the fall of 2003. Director Rory Kennedy offers a scathing indictment of how the lax policies of the Bush administration enabled the soldiers to blatantly violate clearly stipulated rules of the Geneva Conventions: The prisoners were deprived of sleep, stripped naked, and sexually humiliated. Worse yet, one female soldier even went as far as to have a photo of herself taken with the dead body of a slain captive while smiling and giving the thumbs up sign. While the soldiers who did this vile misconduct were penalized, the superiors who let this appalling stuff happen got away scot free. The soldiers try to justify their actions by explaining that they were merely "following orders," which speaks volumes on how they are rigidly trained to do exactly what they are told without questioning any of it for a minute. So the whole military mind comes into question here; it's terrifying to think about man's capacity for extreme cruelty and inhumanity when provided the proper circumstances to indulge in such things (Donald Rumsfeld approved in a memo the harsh techniques the soldiers applied to the prisoners while the climate at the prison was unbearably tense and thus conducive to all kinds of brutality). One interviewee says it best when he remarks, "There's no such thing as a little bit of torture." Indeed. Torture is torture no matter what's being done and that's just flat-out wrong according to the Geneva Conventions. Searing stuff.

I'd like to start off by stating something I think is pretty obvious, why haven't we seen any documentaries about good things going on in Iraq?? To date, everything has been anti-American, or how we are the evil empire.This movie is no different. It sheds yet another negative light on America. If I'm not the only one, than let me be the first, Abu Ghraib was not and in no way will ever be in my mind considered torture. Let me throw this out to you reading. Watch this movie than think of what the terrorists do to our prisoners. They video tape them being beheaded with a knife in graphic detail. Now, contrast that with being stripped naked and humiliated. You tell me who the evil ones are??It was said plainly and correctly by someone in the film, that These terrorists did not sign the Geneva convention, nor do they observe it. Therefore, their treatment is not bound by that document.I wasn't appalled by the scenes in this movie, I was saddened by the fact that most of this film tried to make America and the white house look like Hitler and our troops like the SS Nazis!! I guess whether you like this movie depends on whether you hate bush and disagree with torture or whether you like Bush and agree with how we are running the war. If you are one of those Liberal Cindy Sheehan types, than this film will make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside, cause it will confirm all your hatred for the USA and it's troops!! Personally I thought it was tripe!!

After seeing this film at Sundance 07 all I can say is, Wow! Rory Kennedy directs a stunning documentary that examines the horrors and human atrocities of the notorious Abu Ghraib prison. The interviews with the US Soldiers involved and the Iraqi victims will leave the view speechless as we are left to ponder how could such things happen. What would make ordinary Americans do such terrible things to another person? How can the United States hold itself out as a beacon of freedom condone this type of treatment.Ms. Kennedy does a phenomenal job of exploring this tragedy and looking for whom is accountable, all the way up to the President of the United Stated.This film is a must see!!