Average Rating: 7/10
Reviews Counted: 45
Fresh: 34 | Rotten: 11
A great cast and the gritty feel of the film help elevate Tigerland above the familiarity of the subject matter.
Average Rating: 7.5/10
Critic Reviews: 10
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 1
A great cast and the gritty feel of the film help elevate Tigerland above the familiarity of the subject matter.
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A young man tries to fight the military system only to find it fighting back in unexpected ways in this hard-edged drama. In 1971, Roland Bozz (Colin Farrell) is a draftee who has been sent to the Advanced Infantry Training Facility in Fort Polk, LA, where with hundreds of other new soldiers he's to be taught a final course in combat skills before being shipped out to Vietnam. Bozz has no interest in going to war, and is determined to get sent home as a troublemaker. But his plan backfires; his
Oct 6, 2000 Wide
Dec 18, 2001
20th Century Fox
All Critics (50) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (37) | Rotten (12) | DVD (21)
This take on Vietnam War doesn't break new thematic ground but it's Schumacher's best film since the 1993 Falling Down, and it showcases the talents of newcomer Colin Farrell, who has everything that it takes to become a major Hollywood star
Even when the script overtaxes the allegory about how Vietnam divided a nation at home, Schumacher and the actors prevail by fixing their sights on what happens to men on that last stop before the game of war becomes a grim reality.
A great army movie.
For those who don't mind being challenged, however, and are curious to see why Farrell is being touted as the next big thing, Tigerland has its rewards.
Tigerland lands squarely in the top tier of best movies about America's Vietnam experience.
Tigerland is tightly constructed and culminates with a stunningly appropriate charge of ambiguity.
Farrell is the best thing about the film, which veers into oversentimentality quite a bit for a film that's shot with such a gritty aesthetic.
Stylistically this is more interesting and more affected than Schumacher's Flawless. Either way, it's a big improvement on his past tendentious nonsense.
Ever since Three Kings redefined just how great a war movie can be, movies like Tigerland have become unforgivable.
A talented newcomer with genuine presence, Farrell is able to suggest some complexity in a character that is written without any.
...never quite catches fire or becomes the searing expose that director Schumacher intended.
Farrell holds the film together as the one element that sets this a notch above the average military drama.
Tigerland will only reinforce one of the biggest complaints regarding Schumacher's work: that it's all about the look, not the material.
At best, Tigerland is not much more than a low-rated, cable-channel movie-of-the-week that should be channel-surfed right on by.
The hype is justified -- Farrell's performance just screams star quality and has already drawn comparisons with Steve McQueen and Paul Newman.
A worthy addition to the Vietnam War film genre.
...while intermittently entertaining and insightful, it does not make it into the higher echelons of great war movies.
The system wanted them to become soldiers. One soldier just wanted to be human.
December 17, 2009
Super Reviewer
Over sentimental rubbish. Tries to pull at your heartstrings but is more likely to made you throw up a little in your mouth! Joel Schumacher trying to do a Dogme film?, do me a favour!
September 24, 2009Super Reviewer
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