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Genre :

Drama, Action

Release Date :

October 20, 2006

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

Clint Eastwood

Starring :

Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, Paul Walker, Jamie Bell, Barry Pepper, John Benjamin Hickey, Neal McDonough, Joseph Cross, Robert Patrick

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  Be the 1st!

3.5 of 4

“..riveting and deeply affecting..”
by Pam Grady [Reel]
3.5 of 4

“..more complex and subtle than Spielberg's but somewhat less satisfying..”
by Ed Blank [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
2 of 4

“..manages to pull off the dubious double whammy of being painfully didactic and emotionally unaffecting..”
by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
2.5 of 5

“..intermittently fascinating but ultimately disappointing effort..”
by Ray Greene [Boxoffice Magazine]
3.5 of 4

“..extraordinary World War II drama..”
by Jack Mathews [New York Daily News]
3 of 4

“..an unflinching and unromanticized war story..”
by Duane Dudek [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]
Review rate : B-

“..an honorable and rather plodding movie..”
by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly]
2 of 5

“..a film that is both overlong and emotionally numb..”
by David Mercier [FilmJudge]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
Reviewed by John Urbancich [Sun Newspapers of Cleveland]
Reviewed by Kirk Honeycutt [The Hollywood Reporter]
Reviewed by Kenneth Turan [Los Angeles Times]
Reviewed by Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
Reviewed by Bill Muller [The Arizona Republic]
Reviewed by Todd McCarthy [Variety]
Reviewed by Barry Paris [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
Reviewed by Jason Ferguson [Orlando Weekly]

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