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Pseudo Arabia
Written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, who scripted Steven Soderbergh's structurally kindred Traffic, the intriguing but finally unsatisfying Syriana is the latest product of the Clooney-Soderbergh salutary-cinema factory.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
12-09-2005 |
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Oil Makes the World Go Roundnew
One of the most uncompromising movies of the year, Syriana is like a living tableaux composed from all the stories that lurk just behind the news, the stories that put human faces on the demand for oil.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
12-08-2005 |
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Liberty and Justice For Oil
Stephen Gaghan gives the oil industry the Traffic treatment in a well-made, well-cast Gordian knot of a film.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
12-08-2005 |
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Film Charts Corruption of Global Oil Businessnew
Syriana often feels less like an escapist thriller and more like a contemporary nightmare of Americans occupying a country whose ideals they no longer recognize.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
12-08-2005 |
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Plot-Weaving Clinicnew
Complex and intricate, Syriana is well worth two-plus hours of your life.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
12-07-2005 |
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Lies Per Gallonnew
This damning petro-thriller rambles like an SUV on a Sunday drive.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
12-07-2005 |
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Wonk This Way
Syriana gives policy-paper ideas dramatic urgency.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
12-05-2005 |
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