You can argue with the movie’s approach and thesis, but undeniably it etches a Kafka-esque nightmare for us and taps into our fear of being imprisoned and treated like animals for something we haven’t done.

| Original Score: B | Sep 20, 2022

A very good movie that was initially made for television. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Jun 28, 2019

Grueling as it is to watch, and it's the most protracted ninety-minute movie I've ever seen, it is packed with sly insights into Bush's "long war," hitherto known as the global war on terror.

| Aug 21, 2018

Winterbottom sidesteps obligations associated with documentary filmmaking in favor of blazing agitprop.

| Mar 28, 2018

Timely political documentary that resolves one set of issues while rsiaing others.

| Original Score: B | Jul 13, 2011

The director's slovenliness is a torture device of its own, but the grueling point is well taken

| Aug 30, 2009

Director Michael Winterbottom brings us face-to-face with the national humiliation of Guantanamo prison where the Geneva Convention and legal protocol have been disposed of like the now-filthy rivers of our country.

| Original Score: A | Apr 23, 2009

If we ever felt like the soldiers and interrogators seen here were in any way human, Winterbottom and Whitecross' indictment of their behavior would hit twice as hard.

| Original Score: 6.5/10 | Feb 1, 2008

An astonishing tale of survival, a kind of modern Odyssey with a touch of the old mistaken-identity scenario, presented in a pointedly discriminating first-person narrative.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Sep 17, 2007

While THE ROAD TO GUANTÁNAMO treats the men's tales with respect, astute viewers will question the nature of the youths' visits.

| Original Score: B | Jul 14, 2007

Gripping, nightmarish, and at times bleakly funny, The Road To Guantánamo is far too important a personal testimony to go unheard.

| Jun 15, 2007

Guided terror tour of US atrocity culture.

| Apr 22, 2007

Forte sem jamais se tornar apelativo, é uma denúncia contundente que expõe, de forma inequívoca, os abusos, a crueldade e a arrogância atroz do governo norte-americano, cujos integrantes deveriam ser julgados por crimes de guerra.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 19, 2006

Until we get an accounting, let's be grateful we've got the docudrama.

Full Review | Nov 11, 2006

Road to Guantánamo is surprisingly confusing about how they got themselves captured %u2026 Perhaps the most astounding aspect of the story is the revelation that their experiences have helped them become better, stronger people

| Nov 10, 2006

This is a horrifying movie, all the more so because it's true...

| Nov 3, 2006

Revulsion can be an effective tool in exposing wrongdoing. But in the murky confrontation between militant Islam and the West, truth will always be the better road to freedom.

| Original Score: C | Oct 14, 2006

The Road to Guantánamo will drive you crazy, if you aren't crazy yet.

Full Review | Oct 7, 2006

... Muddled--yet haunting even if it should prove to be only slightly true.

| Original Score: B | Oct 1, 2006

Raw, riveting filmmaking that shines a light on the dark underbelly of the 'war on terror.' . . . a searing exposé of how badly our supposedly democratic, rights-upholding part of the world has lost its way since September 11.

Full Review | Aug 27, 2006