Vietnam in HD
History | The History Channel | Release Date: November 8, 2011
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
79
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
New York PostLinda StasiNov 9, 2011
Season 1 Review: It is so crisp and clean and the clarity is so great that you will definitely forget that what you are watching is real. Read full review
100
NewsdayVerne GayNov 9, 2011
Season 1 Review: Even at six hours, this tends to be more impressionistic, and less bound to a strict historic timeline. Read full review
91
Uncle BarkyEd BarkNov 9, 2011
Season 1 Review: Vietnam In HD is vivid and compelling without being intrinsically political. Read full review
80
Miami HeraldGlenn GarvinNov 9, 2011
Season 1 Review: Half a century and half a dozen wars later, it may seem that there's nothing left to say about Vietnam. But Vietnam in HD proves that there is, and says it dazzlingly, horrifyingly well. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraNov 9, 2011
Season 1 Review: While it goes out of its way to cast these soldiers as the heroic equals, if not betters, of their "Greatest Generation" counterparts, the series does not have the same impact--mainly because these images, though at times awful and upsetting, are also much more familiar. Read full review
70
The New York TimesMike HaleNov 9, 2011
Season 1 Review: Over all, the most interesting scenes are not those that depict Americans but the less frequent, more unusual ones that show us Vietnamese villagers and Vietcong and North Vietnamese troops. Read full review
67
HitfixAlan SepinwallNov 11, 2011
Season 1 Review: "WWII in HD" at times felt like a rough outline of what an actual history of the war would look like, but it had all that amazing, horrifying imagery to compensate. The Vietnam in HD footage is no less incredible and/or dismaying, but it's also much more familiar. Read full review
50
Washington PostHank StueverNov 9, 2011
Season 1 Review: With the line between documentary and amusement-park ride now crossed, it's easy for a critic to start noticing Vietnam in HD's other narrative and technical shortcuts with filler and stock footage, splicing in wherever needed the images we have seen before, including those familiar payload-perspective views of bombs being dropped over the hills and villages. Read full review
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