Why We Fight

Why We Fight

It Is Nowhere Written That The American Empire Goes On Forever

Directed by Eugene Jarecki

Produced by Charlotte Street Films, ARTE

200598 min7.5 / 10

A rigorous, unflinching documentary polemic that interrogates American military dominance and its corrosive effects on foreign policy and national character.

Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions.

Questions people ask

  • Is Why We Fight sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Is Why We Fight scary? Yes. More frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is Why We Fight easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Does Why We Fight end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Why We Fight violent? Somewhat. More violent than 60% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

78/ 100

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Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity63

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Surprise85

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love88

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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