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The Road to Guantanamo 2007
In 2001 four Pakistani Britons travel to Pakistan for a wedding and, in a urge of idealism, decide to see the situation of war torn Afghanistan. It’s there they are captured and transported to Guantanamo Bay. For three years they are subject to imprisonment, interrogations and torture – as the US military try to make them “confess” to being terrorists.
Starring Riz Ahmed, Farhad Harun, Waqar Siddiqui, Afran Usman
Directed by Michael Winterbottom ('A Cock and Bull Story', '9 Songs', '24 Hour Party People'), Mat Whitecross (directorial debut)
Drama, Documentary | 1hr 35mins | Rated (R13) | contains violence, offensive language & content that may disturb | Origin: UK | Language: English / Urdu [with English subtitles]
The Peoples voice
Press Reviews
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BBC
4 4 out of 5 stars
Winterbottom and Whitecross also use actual news reports, successfully blurring the line between fact and fiction still further. After the protagonists' troubles start, the story becomes more repetitive and less clear, which is probably why a narrator is suddenly introduced towards the end of proceedings. Still, if you accept the fact that Guantánamo isn't a film seeking to address wider political issues, this is one Road movie you really should see...
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LA Weekly
By inviting us to take on trust the Tipton Three's accounts of what they were doing in Afghanistan, Guantánamo falls into a familiar trap of agitprop filmmaking - turning the victim into a hero. The movie gives us no particular reason to believe that they were up to anything nefarious - or that they weren't...
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San Fransisco Chronicle
A film that must be seen to understand the sad truths of our times. It's been made with a sensitivity and creativity that's come to exemplify Winterbottom's work...
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The Hollywood Reporter
A tough, compelling, must-see movie...
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The New York Times
While far from a great movie, nonetheless effectively dramatizes a position that has been argued, by principled commentators on the left and the right, for several years now: that the abuse of prisoners, innocent or not, is not only repugnant in its own right...
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Variety [USA]
The film has a winning combo of excitement and topicality...
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