Overview
Genre :
DramaRelease Date :
November 04, 2005MPAA Rating :
RDirector :
Sam MendesStarring :
Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper, Peter Sarsgaard, Lucas Black, Laz Alonso, Brian Geraghty, Dennis Haysbert, Rini Bell, Jacob Vargas
REVIEWS RATE:
Critics 
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“..worth seeing for the performances and cinematography..”
by Jean Lowerison [San Diego Metropolitan]
“..one of the most beautiful war movies ever made..”
by James Verniere [Boston Herald]
“..not a pretty picture, but it is a lovely film..”
by Marc Savlov [Austin Chronicle]
“..Mendes does a remarkable job..”
by Collin Souter [EFilmCritic]
“..isn't just another of the growing number of dramas about the Gulf War...”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
“..gives a painfully realistic portrayal of the horrors and drudgery of military life..”
by Pete Vonder Haar [Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice]
“..feels empty and tentative..”
by Kirk Honeycutt [The Hollywood Reporter]
“..feels a little boring and tedious...”
by Jeff Vice [Deseret News, Salt Lake City]
“..exceptionally produced and directed drama..”
by Gary Goldstein [Reel]
“..Both tough and intelligent, tender and profane..”
by Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
“..an existential docudrama: cool and funny, vivid and remote at the same time..”
by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly]
“..an effective, haunting new spin on a well-worn genre...”
by David Nusair [Reel Film Reviews]
“..a remarkably thin and threadbare introspective melodrama..”
by Sara M. Fetters [MovieFreak]
“..a powerful emotional journey..”
by Edward Douglas [Comingsoon]
“..a juvenile war-as-dick metaphor that wants to leave it audience, like its characters, with a case of blue balls...”
by Ed Gonzalez [Slant Magazine]
“..a frustrating piece of craftsmanship, a fantastically made movie on a technical level that leaves viewers with nothing in the end..”
by Daniel Fienberg [Zap2it]
“..a competently made, reasonably well acted, muddle of a film..”
by David Mercier [FilmJudge]
“..a cinematic marvel..”
by Alexis Tuminello [The Cinema Source]
Reviewed by Ian Grey [Orlando Weekly]
