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Read from 47 comments (43 from Metacritic, 4 from TMDB reviews) β 14 of them described how it moves.
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βI was willing to quit 40% into the filmβ
badelf Β· TMDB reviews β
βthe paradisiac movie beginning sequence with a soldier AWOL into a melanesian tribeβ
BornKnight Β· TMDB reviews β
βMalick sβΓ©tend un peu ici et lΓ (pas loin de 3h !)β
Broyax Β· Metacritic β
βit's overly long length weighs it down. Scenes drag and it makes the film lack a focus, intensity and tightness which greater war films have.β
Lumdog Β· Metacritic β
βMy only criticism is that the third act of this film seems to dwell a lot.β
kman5473 Β· Metacritic β
βits elaborative journey that is of around three hours, is advantageous.β
amheretojudge Β· Metacritic β
Read 28 Aug 2026 Β· confidence 100% Β· scored on the same 0-100 scale as a community score Β· how this works
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βThis just may be the greatest war movie ever made.β
Graham Verdon, TNT RoughCut Β· 100
βOne of the most curious and perversely brilliant films ever made in the American studio system. It's a shining example of qualities we don't normally see in our big theatrical pictures: vast ambition, huge resources and technical genius mated to a unique and compelling vision of life.β
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune Β· 100
βUnique and courageous. It may be counted as one of the year's few steps forward in cinema.β
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle Β· 100
βHere is something great and startling -- not necessarily the kind of comforting, consensus-creating film that wins Oscars, but unquestionably a movie that will live in the history of the medium.β
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News Β· 100
βMisshapen but magnificent vision of a soulful quest -- in the thick of misery and fear -- for the meaning of our lives.β
Tom Keogh, Film.com Β· 90
Scores from Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes, read 28 Aug 2026. Quotes belong to their publications and link to the full reviews.
it reviews better than it plays β critics 79, the watch 56
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βMalick sβΓ©tend un peu ici et lΓ (pas loin de 3h !)β
Broyaxabout 33β66% inread it β
βit's overly long length weighs it down. Scenes drag and it makes the film lack a focus, intensity and tightness which greater war films have.β
Lumdogabout 0β100% inread it β
βMy only criticism is that the third act of this film seems to dwell a lot.β
kman5473about 75β100% inread it β
βits elaborative journey that is of around three hours, is advantageous.β
amheretojudgeabout 0β100% inread it β
βI was willing to quit 40% into the filmβ
badelfabout 0β40% inread it β
βthe paradisiac movie beginning sequence with a soldier AWOL into a melanesian tribeβ
BornKnightabout 0β15% inread it β
βYeah, this is pretentious. And what makes it worse is that in all of it's art house pomp, it doesn't come across so much as anti-war as it does anti- stopping the Japanese and Germans from their genocidal bid for world domination. It was like they were saying that they are devoutly on the left... so much so that they support the axis powers if only because the alternative is the United States and Democracy and that is somehow more... fascist(?). I don't know, the film suffers from schizophβ
GenerationofSwineread it β
βThis is a captivating and stunningly photographed depiction of the horrors of jungle warfare. Jim Caviezel is "Witt" - apprehended from some unofficial leave by his Sergeant "Welsh" (Sean Penn) and is interned aboard a troop ship pending court-martial. All of that due process is soon abandoned as their squad is assigned to take an important hill position from an entrenched Japanese force on Guadalcanal. It is a very untypical film, this - whilst there is certainly plenty of action, pyrotechnics,β
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