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Seems to take its name not so much from the Arlington Memorial Cemetery, where much of the action takes place, but from the stiffness of the characters it portrays. Dec 11, 2007 | Full Review…
Seems to take its name not so much from the Arlington Memorial Cemetery, where much of the action takes place, but from the stiffness of the characters it portrays.
Variety Staff
There's a pervasive and worrying sense of the central issues being gently but undeniably fudged. Jun 24, 2006 | Full Review…
There's a pervasive and worrying sense of the central issues being gently but undeniably fudged.
The most important missing ingredient is Mr. Coppola. May 20, 2003 | Rating: 2/5
The most important missing ingredient is Mr. Coppola.
Vincent Canby
A handsome but fragmentary film that can't decide which story to tell. Jan 1, 2000 | Full Review…
A handsome but fragmentary film that can't decide which story to tell.
Desson Thomson
Every moment is right, and yet the film as a whole is incomplete. Jan 1, 2000 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Every moment is right, and yet the film as a whole is incomplete.
Roger Ebert
There's a curious ambiguity in Coppola's feelings about the soldiers and their life. Jan 1, 2000 | Full Review…
There's a curious ambiguity in Coppola's feelings about the soldiers and their life.
Hal Hinson
For want of a timeless message on the horrors of war, Coppola does indeed tell a compelling story of one man's battle on the homefront. Caan gives a stunning performance after a five-year absence from the movie screen. Nov 8, 2016 | Full Review…
For want of a timeless message on the horrors of war, Coppola does indeed tell a compelling story of one man's battle on the homefront. Caan gives a stunning performance after a five-year absence from the movie screen.
Cathy Burke
Subdued war drama on life on the home front during the Vietnam war. May 20, 2012 | Rating: B | Full Review…
Subdued war drama on life on the home front during the Vietnam war.
Dennis Schwartz
Unjustly underrated upon its release, Gardens of Stone is a quiet, respectful film filled with emotional power, exceptional acting (especially by Caan), and technical virtuosity. Dec 11, 2007 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Unjustly underrated upon its release, Gardens of Stone is a quiet, respectful film filled with emotional power, exceptional acting (especially by Caan), and technical virtuosity.
Subtle and elegiac, Coppola's anti-Vietnam War meditation is one of the director's most misunderstood films. Aug 2, 2007 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
Subtle and elegiac, Coppola's anti-Vietnam War meditation is one of the director's most misunderstood films.
Emanuel Levy
"sheer dreariness directed with fists of ham" Jul 29, 2002 | Rating: 1/5
"sheer dreariness directed with fists of ham"
James Sanford
Francis Coppola's 1987 Vietnam meditation was his best film in a while, though it's still something less than satisfying. Jan 1, 2000 | Full Review…
Francis Coppola's 1987 Vietnam meditation was his best film in a while, though it's still something less than satisfying.
Pat Graham
It's taken 20 (plus) years but Coppola's much maligned take on the effects of an unpopular war seems to have found it's relevance.
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