House of Saddam

Actor Yigal Naor is outstanding as Saddam Hussein.....The cast is excellent..... ... Full Review

dramatic scenes....hot, nasty political action....Yigal Naor's excellent acting....the gorgeous film work....Unfortunately, we aren't treated to a scene of him evicting an elderly woman from her home.... ... Full Review

In this final stretch, the film does its best to humanize the Iraqi dictator, but after everything we've seen so far, it actually feels more disturbing than the horror of ambition and delusion that preceded it. The cast can take a good deal of credit for this - while some reviewers were clearly expecting a Dallas on the Euphrates, the performances of Naor, Arditti and Aghdashloo as well as the rest of the cast make things less lurid than vivid. ... Full Review

Enlarge Photo Iranian actress Shohreh Aghdashloo of HBO's "House Of Saddam" poses with her award for best... HBO again dominated the Primetime Emmys on Sunday, but the premium cable channel had to share some of the glory with lowly broadcast... ... Full Article

House of Saddam , the titular dictator visits the set of a propaganda film about himself, proudly posing next to the young, handsome actor hired to play him and tells a reporter, "Remarkable resemblance, don't you think?" ... Full Article

Much less sweet is HBO's four-hour miniseries House of Saddam ($29.98), a psycho-killer drama that is unfortunately completely true. I think they give Saddam a bit too much credit -- by the end, he was a pathetic dreamer, sitting around... ... Full Article

Connect to Facebook/Twitter, recommend via email and much more. Starting in 1979 and running through his execution in 2006, Saddam Hussein might have been the most well-known political leader in the world...and not for good reasons. ... Full Article

New York, N.Y., (March 9, 2009) - Compelling and disturbing, the 4-part miniseries House of Saddam from HBO Films delves into the character of Iraq's dictator, Saddam Hussein, who seized control of the country in a bloody coup in 1979. ... Full Article

Anyone who saw the BBC/HBO television series "House of Saddam" couldn't help but note the lead actor's resemblance to the late Iraqi dictator.I was struck by something else: his Israeli accent (he sounded like my old grocer in Jerusalem). ... Full Article