The Ghost Army
PBS | Release Date: May 21, 2013
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
80
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandMay 20, 2013
Season 1 Review: The art of war takes on new meaning in Rick Beyer's mesmerizing documentary. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyMay 21, 2013
Season 1 Review: Fascinating film details history of American unit whose sole objective was to fool Hitler and Nazis by creating fake armies. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydMay 20, 2013
Season 1 Review: Rick Beyer's fascinating, detailed and oddly delightful account of the World War II military camouflage artists whose job was not to hide men and materiel but to create battalions where none actually existed, drawing German eyes and ears to the wrong place. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalDorothy RabinowitzMay 20, 2013
Season 1 Review: The unit's work was top secret, its members' experiences, recounted in this film, fascinating above all for what they tell about the determined inventiveness, the all-out ambition to try everything, characteristic of that war effort. Read full review
80
Washington PostHank StueverMay 20, 2013
Season 1 Review: A fascinating new PBS documentary. Read full review
70
Boston GlobeMark FeeneyMay 21, 2013
Season 1 Review: The Ghost Army can feel a bit padded at times. Like one of those rubber tanks, it’s not as imposing as it seems. But also like those tanks, it’s memorable and not quite like anything else. Read full review
70
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerMay 20, 2013
Season 1 Review: We have perhaps grown to expect a certain rhythm in these accounts. A mission accomplished amid much bravery and loss. Memories of horror and heroism carried silently for decades. The Ghost Army reminds us that in a conflict as sweeping as the Second World War, not every story fits that template. Read full review
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