The Long Road Home (miniseries)
A miniseries about a U.S. Army unit during the siege of Sadr City.
The Long Road Home is a 2017 National Geographic drama miniseries created by Mikko Alanne. It adapts Martha Raddatz’s 2007 book about a U.S. Army unit’s experience on the first day of the 2004 siege of Sadr City. The cast includes Michael Kelly, Jason Ritter, Kate Bosworth, and others.
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Drama
- Creator
- Mikko Alanne
- Based on
- The Long Road Home: A Story of War and Family, Martha Raddatz
- Composer
- Jeff Beal
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Episodes
- 8
- Executive producers
- Peter Carrick
- Mikko Alanne
- Benjamin Anderson
- Edward McGurn
- Mike Medavoy
- Jason Clark
- Mikael Salomon
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Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the miniseries holds a 77% score based on 13 reviews, with a consensus calling it a sobering and respectfully told tribute to soldiers and their families, though narrow in scope. Maureen Ryan of Variety gave a mixed review, noting strengths in depicting the logistics of war and creating empathy for American soldiers and their ethical choices. However, she found the show painful to watch and at times propagandistic in tone, with major weaknesses throughout.
Ryan criticized the intimate psychological portrayals for lacking well-written characterizations of the protagonists, though she praised the actors' performances. She described the dialogue as cumbersome and cliché, and considered scenes away from the battlefield superfluous, stretching the runtime and sacrificing watchability. Ryan stated the show sometimes attempts to create empathy for Iraqis but falls short due to a lack of development for any single Iraqi character, a quality she said applies to most characters in the series.
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