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Path to War
2002
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Path to War
Positive Reviews
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Negative reviews
3
Average Rating
3.6
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1.5
Director Frankenheimer provides a steady hand, faltering only in one or two forced scenes intended to convey Johnsons growing alienation both politica ..
Variety
4.5
Before its all over, hes become nearly as hawkish as the colossally misguided Gen. William Westmoreland (Tom Skerritt).
5.0
It all adds up to a revealing, poignant look at a presidency thats relevant to todays troubled times.
San Francisco Chronicle
1.5
It captures the enduring inability of U.S. politicians and military leaders to understand that the projection of unassailable power and unmatched tech ..
Pop Matters
4.5
It is painful and profound to watch a man choosing his own destruction in the belief that he can do nothing else, and these 2 3/4 hours capture that t ..
Chicago Tribune
4.0
It offers a thrilling, clear and deeply instructive lesson in how a nation with all the top minds and best weapons lost a war.
Straits Times
1.5
Another crass commercial ratings move, bemoaned Times Margaret Carlson, a knee jerk commentator on CNN.
La Times
4.5
Alec Baldwin excelled as former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara.
People
4.5
Its LBJ as King Lear instead of Big Bully, tendentious but absorbing, with Baldwin the pleasant surprise.
Ny Mag
4.5
It is so at odds with Johnsons view of a Great Society that he frets constantly about his legacy, ultimately proving that a vain man with a good heart ..
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