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Metascore®64 out of 100 | Generally favorable reviews

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 80
    The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk Honeycutt

    A tough, compelling, must-see movie. Read full review

  • 80
    Time | Richard Corliss

    The Road to Guantánamo is his (Winterbottom’s) most unsparing statement yet of war's brutalizing effect on both the prisoner and his jailer. Read full review

  • 75
    Chicago Tribune | Michael Wilmington

    It's a fervent, topical political drama of extraordinary impact and ferocity. Read full review

  • 75
    The Onion (A.V. Club) | Scott Tobias

    They never come up with a sufficient reason for crossing into Afghanistan. Their motives for heading straight into a war zone sound like something out of a stoner comedy: They went in search of "really big naan." Read full review

  • 70
    Village Voice | J. Hoberman

    One of the most oppressive accounts of life in a military detention since Jonas Mekas's "documentary" version of The Brig or Peter Watkins's Punishment Park. Read full review

  • 70
    Variety | Deborah Young

    The film has a winning combo of excitement and topicality. Read full review

  • 63
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    A riveting and disturbing documentary that falls short of greatness by not providing enough insight into the characters. It is mostly intent on inciting a sense of outrage in the viewer, and it succeeds. Read full review

  • 60
    Los Angeles Times | Carina Chocano

    There are some blunders on The Road to Guantanamo. The movie front-loads its first-person accounts with a short list of facts to keep in mind as we watch, creating an imbalance that serves only to undercut the movie's overall credibility. Read full review

  • 60
    The New York Times | Dana Stevens

    While far from a great movie, nonetheless effectively dramatizes a position that has been argued, by principled commentators on the left and the right, for several years now: that the abuse of prisoners, innocent or not, is not only repugnant in its own right. Read full review

  • 58
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    Here's one case where it's no praise to say that a movie leaves you with more questions than answers. Read full review

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