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TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE Receives Rave Reviews
"Alex Gibney's Taxi to the Dark Side is the documentary that many of us have prayed for, the one that could break through even to people who relish the torture set pieces on 24 and will hear no evil about the War on Terror. "
- David Edelstein, New York Magazine
" If recent American history is ever going to be discussed with the necessary clarity and ethical rigor, this film will be essential. "
- A.O. Scott, The New York Times
"Highly recommended. A devastating documentary laying out in precise detail the Bush administration's use of illegal detainment, torture and death in prison camps that exist outside the U.S. Constitution."
- Roger Ebert
" For though the official line out of Washington is still "we do not torture," it's impossible to watch this film -- and hear testimony not just from soldiers but also veteran FBI men and former Bush administration officials -- without coming to understand that torture is exactly what we are engaged in. "
- Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
" It is something to admire: Without cheapening the suffering of American or Afghan, the film retrieves the torture issue from the realm of the abstract and gives the plain facts of this world right now. As long as we still care about people and power, they will matter. "
-Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice
" Ranks among recent cinema's more excoriating moral indictments."
-Bob Mondello, NPR
" It's about what we have done (or at least allowed to be done in our name), why we should be ashamed and angry, and whether we have the honor and decency to stop it. If America still has a soul, Alex Gibney is trying to save it."
-David OHehir, Salon.com
