Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Sep 18, 2020 3.5/4.0

The first great documentary of 2007.

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David Lamble Bay Area Reporter May 26, 2020

The "Eureka" moment in Charles Ferguson's exhaustive catalogue of our government's screw-ups is an Iraqi man crying at the sight of a burned-out building...

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Felicia Feaster Charleston City Paper Jan 28, 2020

[A] bracing documentary that asserts what most of us already know: The Iraq war has been a travesty.

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Caryn James New York Times Nov 30, 2017

Charles Ferguson's gripping No End in Sight relies on former Bush administration officials to make the case that in its earliest stages the American military operation in Iraq was catastrophically mismanaged.

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Michael Atkinson In These Times Apr 18, 2016

Ferguson's film is intelligence-report methodical, providing a primer on how we got into Iraq and what screw-ups have made the situation spiral out of control.

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David Fear Time Out Nov 18, 2011 3/5

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Cliff Doerksen Time Out Nov 17, 2011 5/5

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Kelly Vance East Bay Express Apr 28, 2011

There's no shortage of opinion, but what Ferguson is aiming for in this fascinating 102-minute dissection is a professional critique of foreign policy.

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Nick Rogers Midwest Film Journal Sep 19, 2010 4/4

A persuasive argument that the inception of, and response to, the Iraq War perverted America's ideals and intellect. Its moderate temperament hides obvious roars: Remembering outrage is all that will keep this from again occurring unopposed.

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Nick Schager Lessons of Darkness Aug 10, 2008 B+

A thorough, level-headed examination of the Bush administration's failure to properly prepare for, and execute, the war.

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Jonathan Kiefer Sacramento News & Review Aug 7, 2008 4/5

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Geoff Berkshire Metromix.com Jun 24, 2008 4.5/5

It doesn't matter if you're a news junkie or clueless about current events, you need to see this movie.

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Beverly Berning culturevulture.net May 18, 2008

No End is Sight is the product of a calmly systematic desire for knowledge, and as such, does not offer solutions, only profound insight.

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David Ansen Newsweek Apr 7, 2008

Lucidly, dramatically and without resorting to partisan rhetoric, Charles Ferguson's not-to-be-missed documentary "No End in Sight" lays out in convincing, appalling detail the disastrous missteps of the U.S. occupation of Iraq.

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Tricia Olszewski Washington City Paper Feb 29, 2008

By the time No End in Sight gets to a late chapter titled "Things Fall Apart," you'll believe that call could have been made a long time ago.

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John A. Nesbit Old School Reviews Feb 18, 2008 A-

a horror show guaranteed to make you mad

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Robert Roten Laramie Movie Scope Jan 11, 2008 B

Well-constructed and well-researched documentary which methodically lays out the groundwork for what went wrong in Iraq.

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Jeremy Heilman MovieMartyr.com Jan 7, 2008 39/100

Watching the film, which is well-organized but utterly artless, one wonders who, exactly, it's trying to sway.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid Dec 13, 2007

Charles Ferguson's film may be the best, and the final word on the subject.

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Jeffrey Chen Window to the Movies Nov 25, 2007 9/10

For anyone who's wondering why we're still stuck in Iraq, give this quick 100-minuter a whirl and get filled in.

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