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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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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

It spends too much time as a small war movie instead of a big-question movie.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
10/14/04
John Faherty
John Faherty
Arizona Republic

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

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
Wade Major
Wade Major
Boxoffice Magazine

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

Warmed over Norman Mailer tales -- been there, done that.

Full Review Source: Cinemania | comment Comment
02/02/04
Dan Jardine
Dan Jardine
Cinemania

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
N/R

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Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
03/25/05
Denver Post

While it does delve into matters of faith under trying circumstances, it's quite subtle about doing so, and it never pushes an agenda at the expense of the story or characters.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
08/06/04
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

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Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
04/01/06
Empire Magazine

It is dramatic, in the most complimentary sense of that word. It engages the emotions and the senses subtly and expertly.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
05/08/04
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

remarkably derivative

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
09/29/04
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

Little neatly ratchets up the suspense while throwing emotional spotlights on the inner struggles of each combatant trapped in this hostile, frozen wilderness riddled with German troops.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
10/14/04
Kirk Honeycutt
Kirk Honeycutt
Hollywood Reporter
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Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
07/21/05
Houston Chronicle

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

The triumph here is a matter of craftsmanship rather than art, but it's rare enough even on that level for a film to be worth celebrating.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
10/14/04
David Chute
David Chute
L.A. Weekly

'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

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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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
 
 
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