Jarhead

“The sum of the movie is devastating. One takes out of it a sense that the human cost of our endless adventure in Iraq is going to be incalculable, perhaps catastrophic -- a psychological time bomb that will be exploding for decades to come.”

William Arnold, Seattle Post-Intelligencer · 91

“Jarhead is about how the experience of being in the military fundamentally changes an individual. In this case, the focus isn't about the madness of slaughter in the jungle, but the madness of inaction in the desert.”

James Berardinelli, ReelViews · 88

“It is not often that a movie catches exactly what it was like to be this person in this place at this time, but Jarhead does.”

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times · 88

“It's a unique vision of war from the point of view of a Marine who never pulled a trigger against a foe.”

Lawrence Toppman, Charlotte Observer · 88

“Jarhead isn't overtly political, yet by evoking the almost surreal futility of men whose lust for victory through action is dashed, at every turn, by the tactics, terrain, and morality of the war they're in, it sets up a powerfully resonant echo of the one we're in today.”

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly · 83