Wartorn: 1861-2010
HBO | Release Date: November 11, 2010
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
82
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
NewsdayVerne GayDec 9, 2010
Season 1 Review: Uniformly excellent - although some additional reporting devoted to the treatment of PTSD would have made this a more complete package. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraDec 9, 2010
Season 1 Review: The filmmakers do not beat a political drum, they do not use an impassioned script or a soundtrack comprising brass and strings; they do not attempt to incite anger or outrage, sorrow or resolve in any way. Instead, they present the facts, simply and gracefully, and the result is devastating. Read full review
83
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardDec 9, 2010
Season 1 Review: On Veterans Day, Wartorn is a somber reminder of the price that many pay when they serve their country and a wake-up call to the rest of us about the debt we owe them. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyKeith StaskiewiczDec 9, 2010
Season 1 Review: This powerful documentary about the lingering effects of military conflict makes the point that PTSD existed long before we named it.
80
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyDec 9, 2010
Season 1 Review: Doubtless there always will be some of the Gen. Patton mentality, that a soldier with no physical wounds must be "yellow" if he or she can't just shake it off. Wartorn argues, powerfully, that blaming the victim is not our finest hour. Read full review
80
The New York TimesMike HaleDec 9, 2010
Season 1 Review: Wartorn sometimes starts to feel prim and preachy. But it also has its share of quietly devastating, haunting scenes, echoes of the nightmares that veterans are bringing home with them from Iraq and Afghanistan. Read full review
80
Washington PostHank StueverDec 9, 2010
Season 1 Review: This is not an angry documentary; it's just such a downer--and necessary medicine for those who've remained personally unaffected by events of the last decade. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandDec 9, 2010
Season 1 Review: Directed by Jon Alpert and Ellen Goosenberg Kent, Wartorn is convincing on a number of levels. Read full review
70
VarietyBrian LowryDec 9, 2010
Season 1 Review: James Gandolfini lends his celebrity to the project, which would have benefited from either greater focus or more time, but nevertheless delivers a sobering message regarding the psychological wounds war inflicts even on survivors. Read full review
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