Shadow Company is a lesson in how to get audiences who know little and care even less about the Iraq War to sit up and pay attention.
– Peter Debruge,
Variety,
13 Sep 2007
fresh:
[A] fascinating, evenhanded documentary.
– Paul Malcolm,
L.A. Weekly,
13 Sep 2007
rotten:
Though it offers interesting stories, Shadow Company does feel a little scattered.
– Kenneth Turan,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Sep 2007
fresh:
Drawing a line between official and unofficial forces is irrelevant since both are paid with our taxes, Shadow Company throws light on that bottom line in the war on terror.
– Bill Stamets,
Chicago Sun-Times,
5 Oct 2007
fresh:
Shadow Company provides a pretty thorough examination of the unknown soldiers doing a lot of the heavy lifting there, outside the conventional rules of warfare.