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      • The title misleads, but in a way that sets up a pleasant surprise: Per Fly ‘s “Backstabbing for Beginners” is not some archly tongue-in-cheek takedown of the art of the con, but a relatively serious-minded drama based on the true story of the Oil-for-Food scandal that plagued the United Nations around the time of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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    Mar 23, 2018 · Film Review: ‘Backstabbing for Beginners’ Moral compasses are set spinning in this elegant, thrillerish account of corruption in the 2002-’03 UN Oil-for-Food program. By Jessica Kiang

  4. www.original-cin.ca › posts › 2018/5/4Backstabbing for Beginners: Fact-based Drama About Aid ...

    May 4, 2018 · But Backstabbing for Beginners — based on a real-life aid scandal in Iraq before the 2003 invasion — is an exception. Based on Michael Soussan’s 2010 memoir about his role as a United Nations whistle-blower, the movie gains some gravitas when it abandons its hackneyed thriller trappings and touches on the unintended consequences of ...

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    Backstabbing for Beginners is a 2018 political thriller film directed and co-written by Per Fly, and based on the memoirs of Michael Soussan. It follows the real life corruption scandal in the UN Oil-for-Food Programme, and stars Theo James and Ben Kingsley.

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    Apr 27, 2018 · Full Review. Critic's Name Josh Goller Publication Spectrum Culture. The review. Takes an unsexy geopolitical scandal and makes it even more drab. Content collapsed.

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  8. www.metacritic.com › movie › backstabbing-for-beginnersBackstabbing for Beginners - Metacritic

    Apr 27, 2018 · Based on a true story, an idealistic young employee (Theo James) working at the UN investigates the grisly murder of his predecessor and uncovers a vast global conspiracy, that may even involve his own boss (Ben Kingsley).

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  9. hiddenremote.com › backstabbing-beginners-reviewBackstabbing for Beginners review: A slick waste of time

    Apr 27, 2018 · If so, which parts? Were there any liberties taken with the story? But most important of all, is the real-world story interesting enough to justify a movie adaptation for the whole world to...

  10. www.freep.com › story › entertainment‘Backstabbing for Beginners’ explores corruption at the UN

    Apr 27, 2018 · Fly’s dramatization of a diplomacy newbie’s true-story discovery of massive corruption in a U.N. aid program doles out lessons in principle.