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Fighting for Life (2008)

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Reviews Counted: 19

Fresh: 17

Rotten:2

Average Rating: 7.2/10

Rated: Unrated

Runtime: 89 mins

Genre: Education/General Interest

Theatrical Release:Mar 7, 2008 Wide

Synopsis: Fighting for Life is a powerful, sobering and emotional feature documentary portrait of American military medicine interweaving three stories: * Military doctors, nurses and medics, working... Fighting for Life is a powerful, sobering and emotional feature documentary portrait of American military medicine interweaving three stories:

* Military doctors, nurses and medics, working with skill, compassion and dedication amidst the vortex of the Iraq War.
* Wounded soldiers and marines reacting with courage, dignity and determination to survive and to heal.
* Students at USU, the “West Point” of military medicine, on their journey toward becoming career military physicians.

The film follows 21 year-old Army Specialist Crystal Davis, from Iraq to Germany to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington DC, as she fights to recover and “bounce back” from the loss of a leg.

The filmmakers had extraordinary access to combat support hospitals in Iraq, medevac flights with wounded soldiers, and military hospitals in Germany and the United States. --© Official Site
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Starring: Crystal Davis

Starring: Crystal Davis

Director: Terry Sanders

Director: Terry Sanders
Producer: Terry Sanders
Composer: Scott Ford
Studio: Truly Indie

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Full Review Source: NPR.org | comment Comment
10/18/08
Bob Mondello
NPR.org

If you’re wondering where the heroes went, take a look at this group, and see if you’re not impressed.

Full Review Source: San Diego Metropolitan | comment Comment
10/18/08
Jean Lowerison
San Diego Metropolitan

Specialist Crystal Davis' story reflects many stories, her life changed forever, her efforts to meet all kinds of unanticipated challenges.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
04/09/08
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters

The no-frills yet deeply gripping manner this film uses to document this brave soldier's struggle for survival, then in rehab, should draw a salute from military personnel and civilians as well.

Full Review Source: San Antonio Express-News | comment Comment
04/07/08
Larry Ratliff
San Antonio Express-News

Sanders provides a rare glimpse into the world of the doctors and nurses tasked with saving lives in difficult circumstances. You cannot leave Fighting for Life without a deep sense of respect for the medical personnel and the patients.

Full Review Source: KPBS.org | comment Comment
03/28/08
Beth Accomando
KPBS.org

Fighting for Life puts courageous faces on men and women who might otherwise be anonymous statistics at a time when injured soldiers are rarely seen on TV.

Full Review Source: Wall Street Journal | comment Comment
03/21/08
Joe Morgenstern
Wall Street Journal
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The graphic imagery drives home the toll that war takes without the need for sermonizing.

Full Review Source: Metromix.com | comment Comment
03/20/08
Geoff Berkshire
Metromix.com

Though in surer hands, the class's simulated mass-casualty situation, replete with ghoulish prosthetic wounds, might've been a masterpiece.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
03/19/08
Nick Pinkerton
Village Voice
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will prove deeply moving to audience members of any political persuasion.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
03/18/08
Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter
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Though Maryland's Uniformed Services University has been dubbed "Useless U" and has come close to being shuttered, Terry Sanders' simply shot digital film is an inelegant but potent argument for its existence.

Full Review Source: Let's Not Listen | comment Comment
03/13/08
Tricia Olszewski
Let's Not Listen

Fighting for Life is essential viewing at a time when, five years on, the war's human cost is still too often mired in partisan rhetoric and administration spin.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
03/13/08
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post
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Shot in battlefield hospitals in Iraq and rehab centers in the United States, Fighting for Life takes an unflinching look at the physical sacrifices of soldiers and marines.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
03/07/08
Matt Zoller Seitz
New York Times
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Sanders and his crew are expert at building scenes from whatever shots they could grab, under extremely demanding circumstances.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
03/07/08
Daniel Eagan
Film Journal International

The result isn’t pro-war, just pro cleaning up the mess, one amputee at a time.

Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
03/07/08
Maitland McDonagh
Time Out New York

Since there's no through narrative, no characters being followed, it's TV newsmagazine material.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment 1 Comment
03/07/08
Kyle Smith
New York Post
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There is no question that [direcotr Terry] Sanders has discovered a worthy subject. He just hasn't found the right way to approach it.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
03/07/08
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News
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Though it superficially deals with how military doctors work during a long and unpopular war, Terry Sanders's film more closely disentangles a specialized establishment in its own right.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
03/07/08
Paul Schrodt
Slant Magazine

A salute to the courageous and caring work done by military doctors and nurses in Iraq, Germany, and the United States.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
03/06/08
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

Fighting for Life is briskly paced, and there's often a palpable, appropriate sense of disorientation parlayed through the roaming p.o.v.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
03/06/08
John Anderson
Variety
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Bravo to Fighting For Life for presenting the real, unvarnished story of the heroes of the military medical corps without politics or judgments and simply allowing to us to be truly inspired

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03/01/08
Diva Velez
TheDivaReview.com
 
 
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