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LOVE AND WAR Neilsen is the center of attention in The Situation, an Iraq-based drama that only promotes a feeling of battle fatigue
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Limited Release: Feb 02, 2007; Rated: R; Length: 106 Minutes; Genres: Drama, Romance; With: Damian Lewis and Connie Nielsen
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By Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum is a film critic for EW

The situation in Iraq is a mess. And this Situation, directed by Philip Haas (Angels & Insects), attempts to explain it from all sides, in an overstuffed, unengaging drama that makes time for a love triangle in which Anna (Connie Nielsen), an American journalist, shakes her blond hair out of her on-the-job head scarf after hours with a CIA man (Damian Lewis) and an Iraqi photographer (Mido Hamada). The script, by journalist Wendell Steavenson, shows the writer's training: Characters ''report'' their political positions while Anna looks on, powerless.


Posted Jan 31, 2007
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