5.0
out of 100
Metascore®Universal acclaim Based on a weighted average of all critic review scores.
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A great film, an intelligent film, a film shot clearly so that we know exactly who everybody is and where they are and what they're doing and why.
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The best nondocumentary American feature made yet about the war in Iraq.
Overwhelmingly tense, overflowing with crackling verisimilitude, it's both the film about the war in Iraq that we've been waiting for and the kind of unqualified triumph that's been long expected from director Kathryn Bigelow.
The result is an intense, action-driven war pic, a muscular, efficient standout that simultaneously conveys the feeling of combat from within as well as what it looks like on the ground.
Tensely action-packed and muscularly directed by Kathryn Bigelow, this tale of an elite U.S. army bomb disposal unit in Baghdad is a familiar story in new clothes, targeted at the young male demographic.
Both a psychological portrait and an exciting action film.
Boal's script stirs a little of everything into the pot, which boils down into seven setpieces divided by brief intervals of camaraderie/conflict among the three protags.
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The hold-your-breath movie of the year.
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