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Movie Info

Genre :

Drama

Release Date :

November 04, 2005

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

Sam Mendes

Starring :

Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper, Peter Sarsgaard, Lucas Black, Laz Alonso, Brian Geraghty, Dennis Haysbert, Rini Bell, Jacob Vargas

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Go! Watch this movie. You'll regret if not seeing it.    Readers  Be the 1st!

“..worth seeing for the performances and cinematography..”
by Jean Lowerison [San Diego Metropolitan]
3 of 4

“..one of the most beautiful war movies ever made..”
by James Verniere [Boston Herald]
3 of 5

“..not a pretty picture, but it is a lovely film..”
by Marc Savlov [Austin Chronicle]
4 of 5

“..Mendes does a remarkable job..”
by Collin Souter [EFilmCritic]
3.5 of 4

“..isn't just another of the growing number of dramas about the Gulf War...”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
3.5 of 5

“..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]
2 of 4

“..feels a little boring and tedious...”
by Jeff Vice [Deseret News, Salt Lake City]
3 of 4

“..exceptionally produced and directed drama..”
by Gary Goldstein [Reel]
4.5 of 5

“..Both tough and intelligent, tender and profane..”
by Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
4.5 of 5

“..an existential docudrama: cool and funny, vivid and remote at the same time..”
by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly]
3.5 of 4

“..an effective, haunting new spin on a well-worn genre...”
by David Nusair [Reel Film Reviews]
2 of 4

“..a remarkably thin and threadbare introspective melodrama..”
by Sara M. Fetters [MovieFreak]
8.5 of 10

“..a powerful emotional journey..”
by Edward Douglas [Comingsoon]
1.5 of 4

“..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]
2.5 of 4

“..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]
3 of 5

“..a competently made, reasonably well acted, muddle of a film..”
by David Mercier [FilmJudge]
4.5 of 5

“..a cinematic marvel..”
by Alexis Tuminello [The Cinema Source]
4.5 of 5
Reviewed by [E! Online]
4.5 of 5
Reviewed by William Arnold [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
4 of 5
Reviewed by Eric Meyerson [Filmcritic]
4 of 5
Reviewed by Philip Wuntch [The Dallas Morning News]
3.5 of 4
Reviewed by Amy Biancolli [Houston Chronicle]
3.5 of 4
Reviewed by Barbara Vancheri [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
3.5 of 5
Reviewed by Robert Denerstein [Denver Rocky Mountain News]
3.5 of 4
Reviewed by Duane Dudek [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Ed Blank [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Andrea Chase [Killer Movie Reviews]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Jan Stuart [Newsday]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Allison Benedikt [Chicago Tribune]
2.5 of 5
Reviewed by Mark Keizer [Boxoffice Magazine]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Peter Keough [The Boston Phoenix]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Jami Bernard [New York Daily News]
Reviewed by Ian Grey [Orlando Weekly]

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