In the Land of Blood and Honey

FilmDistrict | Release Date: December 23, 2011

3.2	USER SCORE Generally unfavorable reviews based on 87 Ratings

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PegazzzJan 26, 2012

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Shallow and banal. Typical Hollywood version of a war. No wonder it has 3.3 on IMD. Rambo and James Bond movies are art for this peace of garbage that is directed by Angelina Jollie.… Expand

10 of 18 users found this helpful108

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bomco011Jan 26, 2012

Movie made from one sided view, without any desire to understand and explain to the viewers reality and tragedy of all sides involved in that tragic war

10 of 18 users found this helpful108

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Sasha62Jan 20, 2012

For the trained or informed viewer the message becomes utterly
predictable only after the introduction part of the story. After that
it is highly insulting for the Serbs and all factually informed people who personally know about civil war,For the trained or informed viewer the message becomes utterly
predictable only after the introduction part of the story. After that
it is highly insulting for the Serbs and all factually informed people
who personally know about civil war, especially about that tragic
region more than what the average Western viewer will ever be allowed
to know via their usually available media sources that are not
objective no matter how many times they are keen to repeat that fib.
Seriously good acting and good standard directing for a cherry-popping
movie for Jolie... I wish Angelina could have done it so much better
and fairer with her not really informative story line in her debut that
smells of dubious and occasionally even obvious subjectivity during her
"research" period. On the other hand; if Madonna can get a Golden Globe
for a song nobody really knows, I would not be surprised if she gets an
Oscar for a movie nobody will remember. As long some positive PR spin
done for US policy no matter how deeply stereotypically hypocritical it
is. It's all a game for that part of that franchise; a cruel game of
mirror-mirage distortion in pursuit of the Holy dollar no matter how
dirty or otherwise contaminated the financier's banknote really is and
where it is coming from. Really exposing debut for such a talented
actress and director but from an unexpected and rather dark angle...… Expand

12 of 22 users found this helpful1210

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Pegasus92Feb 18, 2012

If Angelina wanted to tell a story she should have told it from both angle, because every story has two sides. Bosnians committed crimes during that war also, but nobody mentioned that.

7 of 13 users found this helpful76

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nkpravJan 20, 2012

Hollywood history. Topic of this story is subject to much heated debate among historians, lawyers and politicians and one, Hollywood actress is trying to tell us the story in oversimplified and one sided way, which wouldn't be too dangerousHollywood history. Topic of this story is subject to much heated debate among historians, lawyers and politicians and one, Hollywood actress is trying to tell us the story in oversimplified and one sided way, which wouldn't be too dangerous if this was some action movie. But this film, pretends to be serious and historical, and one by watching it does not get the full pictures about the events during the period.… Expand

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mikaFeb 9, 2012

This movie is superficial, shallow, boring and and untrue. Every civil war is tragic with a lot of suffering and if somebody is making a movie first one supposes to learn real facts. AJ made one sided view with lack of understanding whatThis movie is superficial, shallow, boring and and untrue. Every civil war is tragic with a lot of suffering and if somebody is making a movie first one supposes to learn real facts. AJ made one sided view with lack of understanding what really happened and history in this region- cheap Muslim propaganda with insulting Serbian people and Serbian victims. To bad for somebody who calls herself "humanitarian".… Expand

7 of 14 users found this helpful77

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OstyxJan 26, 2012

Utter tripe, people. Very one sided, cheap, gritty and violent. Shows none respect to the victims of the other side, instead the Serbs are shown as penultimate badguys.

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NekaTamoJul 5, 2016

hahahahah This film is full of **** acting is great,but,film was a disaster.It was really hard to watch.Serbs are bad guys and Muslims are good.It has only one point of view.I don´t recomend this movie.

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kruskaJan 28, 2012

Poor Angelina, been blind for the rape, blood on streets in her own neighborhood, homelessness, poverty , racism, helpless to do anything for her own kind, she goes to a far away country she knows nothing about, to talk about theirPoor Angelina, been blind for the rape, blood on streets in her own neighborhood, homelessness, poverty , racism, helpless to do anything for her own kind, she goes to a far away country she knows nothing about, to talk about their story.Story she can't understand, less make a movie about. Thus is not surprising that pictures in the movie can't bring anything but brutality, which are not even shocking. To make great movie you have to have some abilities to be intellectual, educated, wise, mature and she has nothing of that. She is not even a Lady, less close to Lady D , she hopes to be. Balkan people are what they are , be muslim, catholic, orthodox Christians they are the same - in way how they love , hate , relate to each other. They share the very same genes, blood, names , language and history and they will continue to have hate and love relationships forever, no matter what other people think .… Expand

8 of 17 users found this helpful89

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darkoFeb 12, 2012

this movie is bunch of lies and wrong interpretation of bosnian civil war .bosnian muslims talks about 100000 raped women and 200000 killed , it s not true , and serbs are not only bad guys....

6 of 13 users found this helpful67

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CanuckmanFeb 24, 2012

Sadly, a very predictable and simplistic film which could have been much more. No surprise the Academy has ignored it. Simple in that all Serbs are "bad" and all Muslims are "victims". Nothing could be further from the truth. That error endsSadly, a very predictable and simplistic film which could have been much more. No surprise the Academy has ignored it. Simple in that all Serbs are "bad" and all Muslims are "victims". Nothing could be further from the truth. That error ends up diluting this film to one of entertainment with no historical context or perspective. Too bad. The fact is that barbarity was endemic on all sides. Especially amongst the Croats who murdered and raped with the best of them. the Bosnians were no different.… Expand

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ThegodfathersonMar 28, 2013

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Anglelina Jolie has absolutely no taste in directing a film, no taste. In the land of Blood and Honey is awful, it's script has very little violent story bits to deliver along with violence and depicted war in a romantic setting. The film points in weird direction in its 50 minutes but then tries to fix itself in the climax but doesn't succeed. The climax is very, very hairy when they show disgusting grisly images! I mean is this supposed to be a violent war film or romantic film! Make us understand Ms. Jolie! The climax is not sad but the film makes it terribly sad. In the middle of the movie there are several sexual scenes that are supposed to be in the film? So far we have got Romance, War, Bloody Violent War and sexy stuff. Must Be Kidding. This is a one for my review because the movie was a clichefest but only, only the acting was good.… Expand

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Luka0101998Sep 21, 2016

THE MOVIE IS A LIE.
ANGELINA JOLIE,YOU ARE A CLUELESS ****
Study history first you racist! You have no f****** idea how Serbs lived back then! We were victims of political power of Clinton! Serbs were always on the right side,they haveTHE MOVIE IS A LIE.
ANGELINA JOLIE,YOU ARE A CLUELESS ****
Study history first you racist!
You have no f****** idea how Serbs lived back then!
We were victims of political power of Clinton!
Serbs were always on the right side,they have never been murderers!
You said you wont come to Serbia and you better not `cause that won`t end well for you!… Expand

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AdemirKovMay 9, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. “In the Land of Blood and Honey” is a film directed by Angelina Jolie taking place in Bosnia during the war. It’s about a Bosnian-Serb soldier named Danijel who is fighting for the Serb army, re-encountering Ajla, a Bosnian who is now captive in a camp he looks over. The once loving couple are now at a cross, as their motives and beliefs have changed since their situations. As a Bosnian, This film is absolutely horrible. It lacks realism in the sense that a Bosnian-Muslim woman would never fall in love with a Serbian soldier who pillaged and destroyed her way of life. The same goes vice-versa for Danijel. A Serb soldier who is full of propaganda and Serbian nationalism would never love a Bosnian-Muslim girl. If anything, he’d just see her as an object. Maybe even less. Ajla is also taken as a prisoner and stuck under supervision of Danijel. This is also a very flawed idea as Bosnian-Muslim women in those camps were stuck in tight spaces and used for rape. They were never protected by anyone especially their captors, Serb soldiers. The film captures a small stint of realism in how it portrayed the brutality of the Serbs. Such as a soldier barging in the apartment and throwing the baby off a balcony just because he could is indeed something the Serbs did to young Bosnian-Muslim children. Another accurate portrayal is when the Serb soldier bends the girl over and rapes her in front of everyone to humiliate her and get a kick out of it. These small acts of brutality is the only thing this film has done regarding historical accuracy, Anything other than that, is just BS hollywood writing.
All around, “In the Land of Blood and Honey” is not a accurate, nor is it an entertaining film. I understand if the point of this was to appeal to western audiences. However, I’d rather use actual true stories from people who lived the war and use accurate information from them rather than idiotic, inaccurate Hollywood nonsense. Just because a film has a decent budget doesn’t mean it’s good. If there was anyone who’d ever want to know actual historical and accurate knowledge about the war in Bosnia through film, I’d strongly recommend “No Man’s Land” and “Cirkus Columbia.” These films are written and directed by people who have lived through the conflict and accurately portray what really happened in the country.… Expand

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