Echoes of War
ARC Entertainment (II) | Release Date: May 15, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenMay 14, 2015
While all the naturalistic overtones might suggest faith-based Terrence Malick, those committed performances keep the film involving, however recognizably those echoes might resonate. Read full review
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The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerMay 14, 2015
The scriptwriters, Kane Senes (who also directed) and John Chriss, keep the family secrets too bottled up, but the actors, who include William Forsythe as the McCluskey patriarch, play it with dark vigor. Read full review
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The DissolveMike D'AngeloMay 13, 2015
Most of Echoes Of War amounts to Hints Of Aggression, with the film struggling to find enough incident to reach feature length. Read full review
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RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiMay 15, 2015
I could not see it as anything more than a giant bore that presents viewers with the most familiar plot devices imaginable but fails to present them in a way that makes them worth sitting through once again. Read full review
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Movie NationRoger MooreMay 12, 2015
Echoes of War needs prettier visuals and bigger ideas, because the dialogue is too formulaic and the violence to come is entirely too predictable to hold our interest for 100 minutes. Read full review
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Village VoiceAbby GarnettMay 12, 2015
However you view the western in American filmmaking — as a moth-eaten relic or an eternal form to be resurrected every few years — there's something stale about Kane Senes's tepid historical drama Echoes of War, which utilizes the genre's symbols without delivering on its potential for moral or narrative satisfaction. Read full review
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