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Tense, intelligent, and refreshingly low-key, A War is part frontline thriller, part courtroom drama -- and eminently effective in both regards.
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The haunting and stark A War may be [Tobias Lindholm's] most striking and effective work yet March 17, 2016 | Rating: 4.5/5
The haunting and stark A War may be [Tobias Lindholm's] most striking and effective work yet
Cary Darling
Writer-director Tobias Lindholm's latest is a microcosmic and finely wrought war story in which everyone has their reasons. February 26, 2016 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Writer-director Tobias Lindholm's latest is a microcosmic and finely wrought war story in which everyone has their reasons.
Matthew Lickona
Ethically challenging and occasionally brutal, "A War" explores the dicey nature of decisions made in the heat of battle and the grim consequences that may follow. February 26, 2016 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
Ethically challenging and occasionally brutal, "A War" explores the dicey nature of decisions made in the heat of battle and the grim consequences that may follow.
Tom Long
It's intense without becoming simplistic, and the actors stay focused as the viewpoints shift. February 25, 2016 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
It's intense without becoming simplistic, and the actors stay focused as the viewpoints shift.
John Hartl
Only in the second half, after the commander is accused of a war crime and returns home to stand trial, do these two worlds merge and their respective realities clash, with sobering results. February 25, 2016 | Full Review…
Only in the second half, after the commander is accused of a war crime and returns home to stand trial, do these two worlds merge and their respective realities clash, with sobering results.
J. R. Jones
[It] may ... be among the best war movies of all time. February 25, 2016 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
[It] may ... be among the best war movies of all time.
Peter Keough
It arouse curiosity with the discourse of the consequences of ethical decisions in times of war and in each scenario makes us question the entire dilemma. [Full review in Spanish] June 26, 2020 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…
It arouse curiosity with the discourse of the consequences of ethical decisions in times of war and in each scenario makes us question the entire dilemma. [Full review in Spanish]
Yasser Medina
A War is an emotionally powerful film, a thought-provoking, intelligent film which looks at both the challenges in the field and at home during wartime. May 7, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
A War is an emotionally powerful film, a thought-provoking, intelligent film which looks at both the challenges in the field and at home during wartime.
Cate Marquis
Lindholm's film is one of the best movies about recent Western interventions into the Middle East, and a great post-9/11 war movie in its own right. April 8, 2019 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
Lindholm's film is one of the best movies about recent Western interventions into the Middle East, and a great post-9/11 war movie in its own right.
Ed Frankl
Writer and director Tobias Lindholm proves once again how strong of a writer and director he can be and "A War" is one of his strongest films yet. April 5, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Writer and director Tobias Lindholm proves once again how strong of a writer and director he can be and "A War" is one of his strongest films yet.
Mae Abdulbaki
While the film fails to plow new ground in the war genre, it's meticulously crafted and wisely interprets pragmatism as a double-edged sword. November 3, 2018 | Full Review…
While the film fails to plow new ground in the war genre, it's meticulously crafted and wisely interprets pragmatism as a double-edged sword.
Glenn Heath Jr.
In both a very literal and abstract sense, A War represents the universality of the human condition when put under extreme pressure and the lengths one is willing to go to in times of despair. August 6, 2018 | Full Review…
In both a very literal and abstract sense, A War represents the universality of the human condition when put under extreme pressure and the lengths one is willing to go to in times of despair.
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