It's certainly not premature for the NY TIMES writer who actually saw the film and then did a little independent fact-checking to speak of the film's merits.

I'd like to add that seeing this film is one of the VERY FEW ways to SEE both sides of the issue. The mainstream press is very much behind Bush.

Furthermore, I am increasingly bewildered at the lack of understanding that the real issue is is one of politically-motivated sponsorship. The film was not originally scheduled to open here. That can not have been for economic reasons. If so, I'd like to ask why a smaller market like Johnson City was scheduled to see the film before we were, especially in light of the fact that this film will obviously make a LOT of money for any theater that is unafraid to screen it in the face of death threats like the one that occurred in Illinois. I think we "owe it to our country," if I may be so bold as to recycle your very loaded rhetoric, Mr. Hyams, to stand up for those who have been silenced because they express views that do not serve the interests of a very controversial administration.

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