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Reviews Counted:32

Fresh:21

Rotten:11

Average Rating:6.5/10

Consensus: While it draws heavily on war movie conventions, Saints and Soldiers has strong performances and a compelling central plot.

Rated: PG-13

Runtime: 90 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release:Aug 6, 2004 Limited

Box Office: $1,004,940

Synopsis: Based on actual WWII events, the award-winning "Saints and Soldiers" tells the dramatic story of a small band of Allied soldiers trapped behind enemy lines with information that could save... Based on actual WWII events, the award-winning "Saints and Soldiers" tells the dramatic story of a small band of Allied soldiers trapped behind enemy lines with information that could save thousands of American lives. Outgunned and ill-equipped, they must now battle a frigid wilderness and roving German troops to smuggle the critical intelligence back to Allied territory. In mid-December 1944, Hitler's Army charges through the Ardennes Forest in Belgium, initiating the offensive that will come to be known as the Battle of the Bulge. The Germans cross paths with a battalion of American soldiers and take them captive on a snow-covered field near Malmedy, Belgium. When a few of the Americans try to escape, the German soldiers open fire on the unarmed prisoners, in the tragic event now known as the Malmedy Massacre. Corporal Nathan "Deacon" Greer, his friend Sergeant Gordon Gunderson and a handful of others survive the massacre by playing dead and escaping into the nearby woods. The small band of soldiers come across stranded British intelligence officer Oberon Winley, who has valuable information to be delivered to Allied forces, increasing the urgency of their already desperate situation. The group forms a fragile bond as they begin to trust each other. But the constant threat of capture, as well as mounting suspicions of a German sympathizer within the group, threaten to tear them apart. Now, with few weapons, no food and a strained camaraderie, this tiny band must take on the unforgiving winter and a forest filled with enemy troops to fight their way back to Allied occupied territory. -- © Excel Entertainment [More]

Starring: Corbin Allred, Peter Holden

Starring: Corbin Allred, Peter Holden


Studio: Excel Entertainment

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07/21/05
Houston Chronicle
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Nicely detailed if slackly paced.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
05/06/05
Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel

Director Ryan Little has mounted a remarkably effective production on what must have been a shoestring by Hollywood standards.

Full Review Source: Kansas City Star | comment Comment
05/06/05
Robert W. Butler
Robert W. Butler
Kansas City Star

There aren't any plot surprises in this low-budget effort, so the success of the mission from a viewer standpoint depends on how well you connect with the characters and their plight.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
04/29/05
Janice Page
Janice Page
Boston Globe
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Little makes good use of modest resources, but after a while, the film's less-is-more aesthetic grows threadbare.

Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment Comment
04/28/05
Duane Dudek
Duane Dudek
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

A worthy effort that's entirely appropriate for mainstream audiences.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
04/01/05
Ted Fry
Ted Fry
Seattle Times
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03/25/05
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It's no earthshaker, but the indie film is refreshingly different from the current movie norm, it's won more than 15 awards on the festival circuit, and war-movie aficionados will find it well worth the journey to one of its four suburban venues.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
03/24/05
William Arnold
William Arnold
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

It has the strengths and the clean lines of a traditional war movie, without high-tech special effects to pump up the noise level.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
11/12/04
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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It's the movie equivalent of singing 'Onward Christian Soldiers' to those already in the choir.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
11/11/04
Robert K. Elder
Robert K. Elder
Chicago Tribune
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A solid, good-looking effort that bends a bit too much toward war-film conventions.

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
11/03/04
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

valuable in its embrace of true Christian forgiveness

Full Review Source: New Times | comment Comment
10/28/04
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

Though Saints and Soldiers' examination of faith, self-sacrifice and morality is not groundbreaking, it always holds our interest.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
10/21/04
Kenneth Turan
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
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A feel-good film about a small group of soldiers in WWII who are so saintly that they never curse.

Full Review Source: Compuserve | comment 1 Comment
10/20/04
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve

'A gem of a movie with an unusually convincing reality base. We feel as if there's no distance between us and the fighting men. And that lack of distance is the film's point.'

Full Review Source: Las Vegas Mercury | comment Comment
10/18/04
Anthony Del Valle
Anthony Del Valle
Las Vegas Mercury

It's hard to get behind characters who feel like lazy archetypes.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
10/15/04
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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In his feature film debut, Little uses washed-out color and a you-are-there immediacy to tell a powerful wartime tale of survival, morality and honor.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
10/15/04
Robert Dominguez
Robert Dominguez
New York Daily News
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There's little here to make this stand out in an already well-stuffed genre.

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10/15/04
Megan Lehmann
Megan Lehmann
New York Post
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Blessed with a smart script and an excellent cast of unknowns, first time director Ryan Little, who also served as cinematographer, establishes himself as a major talent.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
10/15/04
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Wade Major
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