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- Summary: When Hollywood gives a young Iraqi film student the opportunity of a lifetime, nothing goes according to plan, and the result is an engaging, sometimes comical political parable about do-gooder intentions gone wrong. (First Run/Icarus Films)
- Director: Nina Davenport
- Genre(s): Documentary
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Positive: 7 out of 11
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Mixed: 4 out of 11
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Negative: 0 out of 11
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83Operation Filmmaker takes a thrilling left turn from its original conceit, and Davenport does a nice job rolling with the punches.
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83The film's parallels between Mohmed's travails and the Iraq war are forced, but overall this is a fascinating odyssey that never plays out in ways you would expect.
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60Davenport herself seems stunned by how complicated the story turns out to be, which just makes her movie all the more worthwhile.