Fresh
Morris offers valuable new perspectives on Abu Ghraib, but the paying customers may not care to go there again.
Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
Standard Operating Procedure
2008 · 1h 57m · R
Documentary, War
Directed by
Errol Morris
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Standard Operating Procedure
Overview
Investigating the infamous Abu Ghraib scandal, Errol Morris interviews American guards and Iraqi prisoners who were at the military jail before images of prisoner torture emerged in 2004. One female guard, who posed alongside fallen Iraqis in notorious images, tells Morris that her crimes were inspired by her love for another soldier, and another explains why she took photographs of her fellow troops. In the process, Morris suggests that the scandal resulted from systemic flaws in the military.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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79%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Standard Operating Procedure feels like a historical work in progress, brilliant, thought-provoking but incomplete.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
As unappetizing as the subject may seem, Errol Morris' Standard Operating Procedure exerts a hypnotic pull anyway.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
Fresh
Truth is a matter of perspective in director Errol Morris' Standard Operating Procedure, a piercing look at the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison and the aftermath of their discovery.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Fresh
The result is a devastating film, and an important one.
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
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