Fresh
This is a spiritual drama, not a political one, drawing a thick line between our good intentions and the selfish choices we ultimately make.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Shooting Dogs
What would you risk to make a difference?
2006 · 1h 55m · R
Drama, History
Directed by
Michael Caton-Jones
Overview
Two westerners, a priest and a teacher find themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide and face a moral dilemna. Do they place themselves in danger and protect the refugees, or escape the country with their lives? Based on a true story.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
85%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Though less reassuring and not as dramatically coherent as Hotel Rwanda, it still packs a hard punch.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Rotten
Movies about Africa often fall into this trap. Righteous indignation is the exclusive province of non-Africans.
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
Fresh
There's little respite from the terrible history that this film retells just a determination (made stronger by the faces we see after the credits) to tell it, to be sure that history doesn't forget.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Fresh
A gripping fictionalized account of a 1994 incident in Rwanda that became a shocking emblem of the Rwandan Hutus' mass slaughter of the Tutsis.
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
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