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Defiance

Overview

Genre :

Drama, War

Release Date :

January 16, 2009 (Wide)

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

Edward Zwick

Starring :

Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, Alexa Davalos, George MacKay, Tomas Arana, Mark Feuerstein

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  4 of 5 [Rate It]

2 of 5

“..quite entertaining..”
by Val Kermode [Eye for Film]
“..more conventional as it goes..”
by Todd McCarthy [Variety]
3 of 5

“..heavy, true-enough historical drama..”
by Amy Nicholson [Boxoffice Magazine]
2.5 of 4

“..Defiance resists bold, passionate storytelling and delivers something rather conventional..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
3 of 5

“..an interesting story, sporadically told in an interesting way..”
by Sean O'Connell [Filmcritic.com]
2.5 of 4

“..A Holocaust film that's light on sentimentality but high on human drama..”
by Jason Buchanan [TV Guide]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Joe Neumaier [NY Daily News]
3 of 4
Reviewed by James Berardinelli [Reelviews]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Lauren Wissot [Slant Magazine]
Reviewed by Kenneth Turan [LA Times]
Reviewed by A.O. Scott [NY Times]

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