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Green Zone

Overview


Genre :

Drama, Thriller, War

Release Date :

March 12, 2010

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

Paul Greengrass

Starring :

Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Brendan Gleeson, Amy Ryan, Khalid Abdalla, Jason Isaacs, Antoni Corone, Sean Huze, Nicoye Banks, Bijan Daneshmand

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

3.5 of 5

“..the historical non-stop action drama..”
by Bill Goodykoontz [Arizona Republic]
2.5 of 4

“..strangely anachronistic..”
by Steven Rea [Philadelphia Inquirer]
0.5 of 4

“..scattershot film correspond..”
by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
Review rate : C+

“..Less surprising..”
by Gary Thompson [Philadelphia Daily News]
2 of 5

“..it's still a kind of moral atrocity..”
by Ray Greene [Boxoffice Magazine]
2.5 of 4

“..it's just a good place to run..”
by Connie Ogle [Miami Herald]
4 of 5

“..intelligent, tough and gripping..”
by Joe Neumaier [NY Daily News]
3.5 of 4

“..Green Zone will satisfy those who enjoy political thrillers and those who prefer something more action-oriented..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
Review rate : C+

“..Green Zone is a strangely dated, foolishly grandiose, simplistically angry fictional war-zone thriller..”
by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]
4 of 5

“..first and foremost, a breakneck action film - tense, frenetic and exciting..”
by Mark Dinning [Empire Online]
2.5 of 4

“..Fact and fiction are woven with a sense of urgency in the unrelenting, but flawed..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
2.5 of 4

“.."Green Zone" is somewhere between a blockbuster and a tract - a traction movie..”
by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
3 of 4

“.."Green Zone" is both thoughtful and entertaining - a rare combination..”
by Calvin Wilson [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
“.."Green Zone" is almost exactly the opposite: it's about time..”
by A.O. Scott [NY Times]
Review rate : B-
Reviewed by Scott Tobias [A.V. Club]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]

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