‘Atropia’ Review: A Searing Send-Up Of America Taking Care of (Show) Business In Iraq [Sundance]
The politics of the American military invasion of Iraq have shifted in the last two decades. The current president, for example, has decided it would be preferable to lie about always being opposed to it than own up to supporting it at the outset like so many others. Making an effective satire of a topic that boasts a broad, bipartisan consensus condemning it can be a challenge, but Hailey Gates is up to the task in her debut feature “Atropia.” READ MORE: 25 Most Anticipated Movies At The 2025 Sundance Film Festival Those looking for a simplistic condemnation of Bush-era jingoism may find the film evasive, but Gates never wastes her time preaching to the converted. Continue reading ‘Atropia’ Review: A Searing Send-Up Of America Taking Care of (Show) Business In Iraq [Sundance] at The Playlist.
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The politics of the American military invasion of Iraq have shifted in the last two decades. The current president, for example, has decided it would be preferable to lie about always being opposed to it than own up to supporting it at the outset like so many others. Making an effective satire of a topic that boasts a broad, bipartisan consensus condemning it can be a challenge, but Hailey Gates is up to the task in her debut feature “Atropia.”
READ MORE: 25 Most Anticipated Movies At The 2025 Sundance Film Festival
Those looking for a simplistic condemnation of Bush-era jingoism may find the film evasive, but Gates never wastes her time preaching to the converted.
