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Movie Overview
Director
• Alex Gibney
MPAA Rating
R - for disturbing images, and content involving torture and graphic nudity.
Taxi to the Dark Side (2008)

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OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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4/5
"The dreadful silence that has followed much of the debate, and the general lack of interest in such necessary films like Taxi to the Dark Side, doesn't give much reason for hope."  Filmcritic.com  Chris Barsanti

A-
"The torture abuses at Bagram Air Force Base, Abu Ghraib, and Guantanamo are linked directly to Pentagon and White House officials in a scathing documentary that uses the murder of an innocent Afghan cab driver as a talking point to expand on the wider iss"  ColeSmithey.com  Cole Smithey

"For all its brilliant dissecting of U.S. policy, practice, and cover-up, the movie closes with an effort to make Dilawar visible once again."  PopMatters  Cynthia Fuchs

A
"The film should be applauded for being so thoroughly assembled and well-researched."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

3/4
"From Bagram to Abu Ghraib to Guantanamo, Gibney cunningly traces links up and down the chain of command, exposing how the White House has given more than tacit support to inhuman methods of detention and interrogation."  Slant Magazine  Ed Gonzalez

4/4
"Utterly engrossing and captivating in its inquisitive scope. Provocative and polarizing, Taxi invites us to eavesdrop on a movement of mistrust and mischievous mayhem"  World Voice News  Frank Ochieng

A
"A moving piece of work...at once sobering and infuriating."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

"Taxi to the Dark Side joins a growing list of outspoken documentaries that question the rationale and conduct of America's presence in Iraq and Afghanistan, and our willingness to destroy freedom in order to save it."  Film.com  Jonathan F. Richards

3.5/4
"You and me and our military and our government -- we killed an innocent man"  Movie Habit  Marty Mapes

"[D]oes what it does so damn well, and... what is does is so sadly so vitally necessary, even if you wish it weren't..."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

4.5/5
"I couldn't articulate my devastation. This film remains with you like a wound bleeding truth."  Film Threat  Matthew Sorrento

4/5
""Taxi to the Dark Side" takes a vast and potentially confusing subject and discovers the simple truths that have been largely obscured in a mass of details, sloppy reporting and general disinterest."  eFilmCritic.com  Peter Sobczynski

B+
"...as one of the innocents, British citizen Moazzam Begg, quotes: If you weren't a terrorist when you came here [Quantanamo Bay] you sure would be when you leave."  Reeling Reviews  Robin Clifford

7/10
"It preaches to the choir, but it preaches with overwhelming passion."  Antagony & Ecstasy  Tim Brayton

"Click here to see review"  Wolf Entertainment Guide  William Wolf
OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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