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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 Mar 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. Feb 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. Feb 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. Feb 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. Feb 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. Feb 25, 2016 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
[It] may ... be among the best war movies of all time.
Peter Keough
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. Apr 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. Apr 4, 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. Nov 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. Aug 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.
Morgan Rojas
While this isn't anything groundbreaking or earth-shattering, there are a handful of aspects that make A WAR something to see - so long as you don't go out of your way for it. Nov 4, 2017 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
While this isn't anything groundbreaking or earth-shattering, there are a handful of aspects that make A WAR something to see - so long as you don't go out of your way for it.
Courtney Howard
An almost invisibly crafted film that manages to be both original and startlingly topical by addressing the highly emotive subject of soldiers being tried in civilian courts for decisions made or acts carried out in the heated chaos of war. Oct 25, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
An almost invisibly crafted film that manages to be both original and startlingly topical by addressing the highly emotive subject of soldiers being tried in civilian courts for decisions made or acts carried out in the heated chaos of war.
Matthew Bond
After a rather clumsy first hour that feels a bit too static and even predictable in its unfolding, this great naturalistic war drama surprisingly grows in its second half to raise intelligent and relevant questions about the kind of ugly decisions a good soldier can make in the line of fire.
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