Gunner Palace
Gunner Palace
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Gunner Palace

Gunner Palace

2004
Documentary, War
1h 25m
American soldiers of the 2/3 Field Artillery, a group known as the "Gunners," tell of their experiences in Baghdad during the Iraq War. Holed up in a bombed out pleasure palace built by Sadaam Hussein, the soldiers endured hostile situations some four months after President George W. Bush declared the end of major combat operations in the country [IMDB]

Gunner Palace

2004
Documentary, War
1h 25m
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Avg Percentile 45.25% from 98 total ratings

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Rated 16 Aug 2007
40
20th
The camera joins soldiers on patrols and the filmmakers air unvarnished soldier assessments of the war. The intention of the film is admirable. The execution is a different matter. It's an unfocused, cluttered mess. Despite connecting with several specific soldiers, the filmmakers are incapable of shaping their footage to help the men (and single woman) emerge as fully-drawn individuals. They've taken a horrific situation fraught with inherent drama and rendered it forgettable.
Rated 24 Oct 2010
25
61st
"Shapeless but its objective stance is powerful." - Ed Gonzalez
Rated 10 Aug 2009
48
22nd
Overall, a really uninteresting documentary.
Rated 30 Jul 2008
29
11th
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Rated 17 May 2008
53
28th
Narration and editing need improvement.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
61
34th
Not profound, but not insipid either. In a way a slice-of-life documentary about being a soldier in Iraq. Interesting, but I won't go out of my way to see it again.
Rated 02 Jul 2007
45
16th
Great footage, assembled and narrated by an amateur.

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