Hearts and Minds (re-release)
Rialto Pictures | Release Date: October 22, 2004 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
68
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
San Francisco ChronicleSteven Winn
The unnerving brilliance of the film owes to the director's skill at assembling information and allowing it to speak for itself. Read full review
90
Chicago ReaderDon Druker
A masterful documentary, one of the most unsettling discussions of Vietnam and its aftermath ever to appear in any medium. Read full review
80
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not credited)
A powerful piece of documentary filmmaking. Read full review
80
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
Built to outrage, appall, and indict. Read full review
80
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Davis, who won an Oscar for Best Documentary, may not have agreed with presidents Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon on the war, but he heeded Johnson's call to fight for hearts and minds. His aim was dead on target. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The problem is that the film is at such pains to make its points that it doesn't trust us to find our own connections. Read full review
60
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
During his clumsiest moments, Davis' fondness for provocation rises to the surface, which is unfortunate, since it weakens the impact of his many salient points about how American men are socialized to be warriors. Read full review
50
The New YorkerAnthony Lane
Hearts and Minds, which gives no clue that atrocities were committed by the other side, and which allows Davis to cut from a rampaging football game, back home, to the Tet offensive, will be a lesson to anybody who thinks that Michael Moore invented the notion of documentary as blunderbuss. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
Although the movie's anti-war propaganda mission is clear, it nevertheless makes a strong case for asking questions and examining our country's imperialistic motives. Read full review
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