Brothers at War
Samuel Goldwyn Company, The | Release Date: March 13, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
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Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0
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Film ThreatElias Sevada
Harrowing, heroic, and occasionally gripping. Read full review
60
VarietyAlissa Simon
Provides some interesting perspectives but also veers dangerously close to vanity project. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
He does accomplish his main task, to take us into places civilians rarely go, and give witness to the immense challenges soldiers like his brothers face every second they’re required to be at war. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesGary Goldstein
Rademacher's vigorous commitment to making the documentary, as well as to his large, close-knit family, deserves respect. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
It’s practically a feature-length infomercial for the military. Read full review
50
Washington PostDan Zak
There are much better Iraq documentaries than this one, but Brothers at War distinguishes itself by peering out over the emotional chasm between soldiers and their families. Read full review
50
Village VoiceVadim Rizov
I can, however, object to the bathetic, misty score and the endless close-ups of American babies to remind us "what we're fighting for"--and to the filmmaker's belief that support for our troops and support for their mission are one in the same. Just because Rademacher believes his film to be "non-partisan" does not make it so. Read full review
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