Lone Survivor Reviews

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• this is a movie about an irrelevant skirmish that ended in near-total catastrophe, during a war we are not winning

  by Kyle Smith [New York Post ]

• there's still no real character here, and no point to the movie, outside of the obvious resilience and courage of the men involved. That's worth celebrating, sure - but even more, it's worth truly dramatizing, which requires some thought and dialogue

  by Stephen Whitty [Newark Star-Ledger ]

• the movie seems more concerned with military-style action than with telling us who these fallen heroes really were

  by Rafer Guzman [Newsday ]

• Lone Survivor just reads like a quasi-political exaggeration of a slasher film

  Review rate : C by Amy Nicholson [L.A. Weekly ]

• it is a modest, competent, effective movie, concerned above all with doing the job of explaining how the job was done

  by A.O. Scott [NY Times ]

• isn't your standard Christmas fare, but the story is nothing short of miraculous

  by Scott Bowles [USA Today ]

• is perhaps the most grueling and sustained American combat picture since "Black Hawk Down," as well as a prime example of how impressive physical filmmaking can overcome even fundamental deficiencies in script and characterization

  by Justin Chang [Variety ]

• Berg may be adhering to the basic facts, but his movie's childish machismo is a disgrace to all involved

  by Keith Uhlich [Time Out New York ]

• an intense look at 19 American deaths and one survival in a vividly re-created chapter of the fighting in Afghanistan

  by Todd McCarthy [Hollywood Reporter ]

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