★★★★☆
I'm not going to review John Pilger's documentary The War You Don't See (2010). It's beyond critique and to be honest, it's had such a profound effect on me that at the moment my role as a film reviewer seems shallow and ridiculous. Such cinematic discussions have their time and place and I'm sure in a week, the desire to wax lyrical about all things film will return, but for now I'd like to keep it simple and be as direct as I possibly can.![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170909191302im_/http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rgecsDxLF6g/Tj6RHzL2qsI/AAAAAAAABEY/wSP_5Hiwjs8/s320/the-war-you-dont-see.jpg)
There will be more in-depth reviews popping up all over the internet in the next week, so if you want a really thorough, 'no stone unturned' analysis of the film then I suggest typing 'The War You Don't See' into Google. I'm not going to tell you anything about the film because I want you to actually see it.
If you really, really must know what it's about, then all I will say is that it deals with how the media manipulates the public. It's also presented by a naked Cheryl Cole and contains scenes of celebrity ballroom dancing, awful karaoke singing and people eating chilled monkey brains in the jungle.
Lee Cassanell
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