Overview
Genre :
Drama, RomanceRelease Date :
December 23, 2011 (Limited)MPAA Rating :
RDirector :
Angelina JolieStarring :
Zana Marjanovic, Goran Kostic, Rade Serbedzija, Nikola Djuricko, Branko Djuric
REVIEWS RATE:
Critics 
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“..you probably won't want to see that one, either..”
by Dave White [Movies.com]
“..visually the movie does not look like a first work, narratively and dramatically, it suffers from some serious weaknesses..”
by Emanuel Levy [EmanuelLevy.Com]
“..unfortunately, "Blood and Honey" has script problems: Its core story is less compelling than its overall atmosphere..”
by Kenneth Turan [Los Angeles Times]
“..the final developments shift from realism to melodrama..”
by Mark Jenkins [NPR]
“..the film's final line comes across as both quietly dramatic and highly unlikely..”
by Todd McCarthy [Hollywood Reporter]
“..the creation of over- and under-drawn characters chip away at the good intentions and the skills of much of the cast..”
by Howard Feinstein [Screen International]
“..the character's shifts between "good" and "bad" seem overly schematic and the central storyline feels at once underthought and overdetermined..”
by Andrew Schenker [Slant Magazine]
“..so the film is a head-spinning mix of dead babies and romantic dinners, pillow talk and mass executions. Blood and honey don't taste right together..”
by Kyle Smith [New York Post]
“..plodding words into the characters’ mouths that would work better in the kind of on-screen textual explanations..”
by Manohla Dargis [New York Times]
“..one that doesn't entirely work as an act of storytelling, but whose end goal is a grisly success..”
by Matt Patches [Hollywood.com]
Review rate : B
“..occasionally, the movie italicizes its points with heavy musical drones, but its tone is remarkably even and concentrated..”
“..occasionally, the movie italicizes its points with heavy musical drones, but its tone is remarkably even and concentrated..”
by Joshua Rothkopf [Time Out New York]
“..it deserves to be taken seriously as a debut by someone who may yet be as natural and assured behind the camera as she seems to be in front of it..”
by James Rocchi [MSN Movies]
“..has some moments of first-movie clumsiness, but it’s soberly and elegantly shot..”
by Andrew O'Hehir [Salon.com]
“..give magnetic, raw performances..”
by Joe Neumaier [New York Daily News]
“..closing titles confirm that the motivating intent in making In the Land of Blood and Honey was activist rather than artistic..”
by Karina Longworth [Village Voice]
“..at a certain point, the film almost seems to sense its scenario tilting into tarted-up banality and abruptly shifts gears..”
by Justin Chang [Variety]
