In the Land of Blood and Honey
FilmDistrict | Release Date: December 23, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
56
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Mixed or average reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews
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18
Mixed:
7
Negative:
4
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38
Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerDec 18, 2011
When does intensity and commitment supersede historical understanding? Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubNathan RabinDec 22, 2011
It's a film of shuddering earnestness and fevered good intentions gone awry, a dreary slog of a message movie with little but noble if unfulfilled aspirations to commend it. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJan 5, 2012
A mix of the powerful and the ridiculous, and eventually the ridiculous wins. The movie deals with a big subject that has received scant treatment in movies - the genocide in Bosnia in the 1990s - giving voice and testimony to what happened there. But the ill-conceived fictional elements take the picture right off the rails. Read full review
10
Village VoiceKarina LongworthDec 20, 2011
The denouement that sorts it all out moves from predictable tragedy to ludicrous redemption; closing titles confirm that the motivating intent in making In the Land of Blood and Honey was activist rather than artistic. Read full review
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