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Severe Clear
  • Release Date: Mar 12, 2010
Metascore
57 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 8 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
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  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Frank Scheck
    70
    It offers a much needed personal perspective on a subject that is too often reduced to political arguments.
  2. Boxoffice Magazine
    Reviewed by: Sara Schieron
    70
    Severe Clear provides a view of the early days of the war and reminds you of all the promotion and idealism that conflict came with.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    70
    At its most provocative, Severe Clear pungently evokes a heroic Marine Corps mystique.
  4. Variety
    Reviewed by: Ronnie Scheib
    70
    Scotti's amateur camerawork proves strangely compelling.
  5. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    60
    His first-person perspective is unexpectedly frank as he shares some extremely dark moments -- spurred by increasing anger and doubt -- that civilians rarely get to see.
  6. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Aaron Hillis
    60
    A potent reminder of how thankless a soldier's job is.
  7. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Nicolas Rapold
    40
    Like the big-budget thriller "Green Zone," which is also opening this week, Kristian Fraga's documentary catapults us back to the chaos of Iraq circa 2003. But instead of action figure Matt Damon, we get garish, staccato images and hard-bitten voiceover from First Lieutenant Mike Scotti.
  8. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    38
    Much of this footage might have been illuminating, even fascinating, in 2003. But seven years on, it's ancient history lacking insight, hindsight or a fresh take.
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