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Letters from Iwo Jima

Overview

Genre :

Drama, Action

Release Date :

December 20, 2006 (NY, LA, SF)

Director :

Clint Eastwood

Starring :

Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryo Kase, Shido Nakamura, Nicholas Garren, Yoshio Iizuka, Nae Yuuki, James D. Dever

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

4 of 5

“..superior to Flags of Our Fathers in every conceivable way..”
by David Mercier [Film Judge]
Review rate : A

“..profound, magisterial, and gripping companion piece..”
by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]
3 of 4

“..Of the two, the more straightforward and better focused Letters from Iwo Jima is the stronger movie..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
4 of 4

“..an unflinching look at the cruel choice of death or dishonor..”
by Jack Mathews [New York Daily News]
4.5 of 5

“..a strikingly well-made film that states its case subtly and without compromise..”
by Rich Cline [Shadows on the Wall]
5 of 5

“..a stark masterpiece..”
by Andrea Chase [Killer Movie Reviews]
2.5 of 5
Reviewed by Ray Greene [Boxoffice Magazine]
Reviewed by Kirk Honeycutt [The Hollywood Reporter]
Reviewed by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
Reviewed by Kenneth Turan [Los Angeles Times]
Reviewed by Todd McCarthy [Variety]

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