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All Critics (21) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (21)
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Like Hearts and Minds and Fahrenheit 9/11, Winter Soldier is less documentary than in-the-heat-of-conflict document, too close to the bone for "distance."
April 3, 2006 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review… -
The film is an important historical document, an eerily prescient antiwar plea and a dazzling example of moviemaking at its most iconographically potent. But at its best, it is the eloquent, unforgettable tale of profound moral reckoning.
December 15, 2005 | Full Review… -
The most chilling aspect of "Winter Soldier" is that, 34 years down the road, it feels fresh.
November 11, 2005 | Rating: 3.5/4 -
Very much a product of its time: It's not an investigative piece; it's a combination of documentary footage, protest, despair and anger.
October 14, 2005 | Rating: B -
Rich with moments of excruciating eloquence.
October 14, 2005 | Rating: 3/4 -
I couldn't call this film a masterpiece, only indispensable.
September 24, 2005 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for Winter Soldier
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Nov 11, 2009Initially banned in the U.S., <i>Winter Soldier</i> is a candid compilation of eyewitness accounts and first hand testimony about atrocities committed during the Vietnam war. Harsh but eye opening.Randy T Super Reviewer
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Dec 12, 2005"Winter Soldier" is an illuminating and powerful documentary filmed in grainy black and white of the 1971 hearings held by the Vietnam Veterans against the War. In the hearings, the veterans testify about atrocities committed by American troops in Vietnam. The documentary consists of testimony and conversation with some photographic evidence. All of which is thoroughly gripping. What comes to the fore in the testimony is how much an underlying cause of the atrocities racism was. I remember reading that demeaning a group of people(in this case using the derogatory term "gook" to describe the Vietnamese people) makes it psychologically easier to hurt them. In the end, the ultimate responsibility is laid at the foot of the command officers. They are the ones who set policy and punishments. The documentary is timely, as ever. The movie urges the need for people of different viewpoints to converse. Occasionally, this can serve as a form of therapy.Walter M Super Reviewer
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