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- 90Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonIt seems easily the most valuable piece of film to emerge about the war in all of its three-plus years.
- 88TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxPoitras boldly dispenses with the traditional documentary voice-over, but her film is filled with telling moments that are far more eloquent than any scripted narration.
- 80SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirA keenly constructed and tragic film, probably the best documentary so far to depict the Iraqi side of the current conflict.
- 75The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasReserving the only trace of editorializing for the end credits, which list some sobering numbers on the occupation and this so-called successful election, Poitras mainly allows her subjects and the circumstances to speak for themselves.
- 75New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanHard to watch but important to see.
- 70VarietyDerek ElleyVarietyDerek ElleyGotham-based documaker Laura Poitras ("Flag Wars") comes up with a still-timely, quietly hard-hitting look at the Iraqi situation with My Country, My Country, focusing on the lead-up to and outcome of the Jan. 30, 2005, Iraq election.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckWhile My Country, My Country is hardly an exhaustive depiction of its subject, it provides much in the way of material and perspectives previously unexposed.
- Without comment but with unusual sensitivity, Ms. Poitras, exposes the emotional toll of occupation on Iraqis and American soldiers alike.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThough the events have a rambling overfamiliarity, there's a real story between the lines: the resentment over the U.S. occupation on the part of non-insurgent Iraqis.
- 50New York PostNew York PostEven on that happy 2005 election day, which was so successful that it led to a December round of elections in which the Sunnis did participate, Poitras takes a break to show us a close-up of someone slitting the neck of a rooster.