Review of The Mauritanian (2021) by Mauro_Lanari — 12 Mar 2021
(Mauro Lanari).
Why should a director who debuted in 2006 with "The Last King of Scotland" be interested in Guantanamo in 2021, after the films of his other colleagues on the same subject, from "Camp X-Ray" (Sattler 2014) to the recent "The Report" (Burns 2019)? I have the impression that Macdonald wanted to move from denouncing human civilisation to prison movie as its cinematographic emblem, ultimately this would be the deepest meaning of such a genre, but he proves too little incisive both in the metaphor and in the transposition of the true story.
This review of The Mauritanian (2021) was written by Mauro_Lanari on 12 March 2021.
The Mauritanian has generally received positive reviews.
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