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28 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 67Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldSeattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldSpurlock is good company: a more likable, less abrasive, less manipulative Michael Moore.
- 63USA TodayStaff [Not Credited]USA TodayStaff [Not Credited]Though entertaining, Spurlock's lighthearted approach doesn't work as well here.
- 63TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghCould as easily be called "Spurlock: Cultural Learnings Of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of America."
- 50New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinThe film is a hodgepodge, and it closes with a whimper. But along the way some lucid voices slip through.
- 50VarietyVarietyMorgan Spurlock, of the "Super Size Me" phenom, serves up a rehash of others' 9/11 reportage, bin Laden biography, Islamic theology and suicide-bomber psychology, in a tone so aghast you'd assume he knew nothing about the War on Terror -- which should make pic very appealing for those who know nothing about the War on Terror.
- 50Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanAn affable action hero in search of the planet's arch supervillain, Spurlock is less irritating than his obvious model, Michael Moore, but also less politically astute; assuming the role of a faux-naïf stranger in a strange land, he's more benign and not nearly as funny as unacknowledged analogue Sacha Baron Cohen.
- 50Washington PostStephen HunterWashington PostStephen HunterIn casbahs and desert villages, in kibbutzim and around the campfire, Spurlock has a way of getting people to open up, to use their real voices and express their real opinions, the likes of which never make it onto network news. That's his gift, and when he uses it, "Where in the World zzzzz-zzzz" opens up into a miraculous document.
- 42Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanA primer no one needed, Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden? should have been called "The Post-9/11 World for Dummies."
- 42The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonThe A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonWhile the film's gags don't always jibe with its sincere interviews of Middle Eastern citizens, or its worrisome encounters with the soldiers serving in dangerous territory--the constantly shifting tone provides as many hit bits as misses.
- Morgan Spurlock is a living, breathing cautionary tale. Take a good, long look, kids: This is what happens when society validates really annoying people.