Green Zone Wins Over Critics

With its striking recreations of Baghdad and delicate depiction of the early days of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Green Zone (opening Friday), is getting a warm reception among critics. The movie tells the story of U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller, played by Matt Damon, whose mission is to find WMD. And, while “it aims, and succeeds, at being the kind of entertainment fans of the Bourne films would appreciate,” according to Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times, Paul Greengrass’s film is also more significant for being a reasoned critique the United States’ motives for invading Iraq and depicting where it went wrong on the ground. It is one of the first films to tackle that question and A.O. Scott of the New York Times writes, “It’s about time.”