No End in Sight

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  • Opened July 27, 2007 
  • 1 hr 42 min
  • NR

  • Based on more than 200 hours of footage, the film provides a candid retelling of the events following the fall of Baghdad in 2003 by high ranking officials, such as former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, Ambassador Barbara Bodine, Lawrence Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff to Colin Powell, and General Jay Garner as well as Iraqi civilians, American soldiers, and prominent analysts. "No End in Sight" dissects the people, issues and facts behind the Bush Administration's decisions and their consequences on the ground to provide a powerful look into how arrogance and ignorance turned a military victory into a seemingly endless and deepening nightmare of a war. The film examines the manner in which the principal errors of U.S. policy--the use of insufficient troop levels, allowing the looting of Baghdad, the purging of professionals from the Iraqi government, and the disbanding of the Iraqi military--largely created the insurgency and chaos that engulf Iraq today. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Barbara Bodine, Chris Allbritton, Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, Colonel Paul Hughes, Walter Slocombe
  • Director: Charles Ferguson
  • Genres: Documentary

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Boston Globe
| Wesley Morris

Ferguson's film is a clear-sighted counterpoint to the former secretary of defense's impression. As the title suggests, it's a seemingly infinite mess. Read full review

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Chicago Tribune
| Michael Phillips

May be the best and saddest film of the year so far. Read full review

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San Francisco Chronicle
| Mick LaSalle

The most coolheaded of the Iraq war documentaries, the most methodical and the least polemical. Yet it's the one that will leave audiences the most shattered, angry and astounded. Read full review

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Entertainment Weekly
| Owen Gleiberman

Ferguson spotlights two massive mistakes: the looting that was allowed to continue, destroying Iraqi infrastructure and morale; and--far more revelatory -- the apocalyptically stupid decision to disband the Iraqi army, sending half a million angry soldiers into the streets. Read full review

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A scene from "No End in Sight."