Monki at Aint It Cool News has a nice write-up about FBR, calling it an "excellent" film and a "documentary in the purest sense of the word." And Kevin Buist at Spout says:
The film works on many levels, but its most shining success is showing the war, and rampant militarization in general, as an extremely complicated matter, one that cannot be boiled down to sound-bites and absolutes.Calling it a "post [Iraq] fatigue" film, he goes on to say:
By looking at a simulation of the violence and political strife, directors Tony Gerber and Jesse Moss are able to engage subjects that would otherwise be too politically divisive to find an audience on both sides of the political divide. The film is a surprising mix of what could be read as surreal and biting commentary on the American war machine on the one hand, and a loving portrait of honorable soldiers on the other.
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