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  • 2008
  • R
  • Image Entertainment
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2008
  • R
  • Image Entertainment
  • 1 h 37 m

Summary November 19, 2005, Haditha, Iraq: Iraqi insurgents bomb a convoy of US Marines, resulting in the death of their most popular officer. His young, enraged Marine buddies carry out a brutal retaliation. Their violent house search leads to the massacre of 24 people, many of whom are women and children--tragic causalities of a war they cannot...

Directed By: Nick Broomfield

Written By: Marc Hoeferlin, Anna Telford, Nick Broomfield

  • 2008
  • R
  • Image Entertainment
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2008
  • R
  • Image Entertainment
  • 1 h 37 m

Battle for Haditha

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
65
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
6.2
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Summary November 19, 2005, Haditha, Iraq: Iraqi insurgents bomb a convoy of US Marines, resulting in the death of their most popular officer. His young, enraged Marine buddies carry out a brutal retaliation. Their violent house search leads to the massacre of 24 people, many of whom are women and children--tragic causalities of a war they cannot...

Directed By: Nick Broomfield

Written By: Marc Hoeferlin, Anna Telford, Nick Broomfield

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
65
67% Positive
8 Reviews
25% Mixed
3 Reviews
8% Negative
1 Review

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
65
67% Positive
8 Reviews
25% Mixed
3 Reviews
8% Negative
1 Review

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100
Searing, powerful, and morally entangled.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
80
With its dialogue largely improvised by many who had seen extensive combat in Iraq, Battle for Haditha has a gripping authenticity lacking in other similarly themed dramas.
By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW
75
Unsubtle but gripping.
By Nathan Rabin FULL REVIEW
70
An engaging Iraqudrama that straddles the line between blistering exposé and Spielbergian heart-tugger.
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63
Lacking in subtlety and nuance, Broomfield's nerve-jangling movie nonetheless succeeds in showing the war from various vantage points. And from wherever one's standing, the view is profoundly disturbing.
By Steven Rea FULL REVIEW
50
Broomfield's film is didactic, awkwardly acted by the cast of former Marines who are meant to lend the film credibility, and clumsily inflammatory.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
25
The film is an exposé only of a filmmaker's senseless contempt for the military.
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
6.2
67% Positive
4 Ratings
17% Mixed
1 Rating
17% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
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67% Positive
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17% Mixed
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17% Negative
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Production Company Channel Four Films, Film4, HanWay Films, Lafayette Films, Zaman Productions
Release Date May 7, 2008
Duration 1 h 37 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline There are many ways to see the same story
Website http://www.surreal-films.com/haditha/
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Awards

San Sebastián International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

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