| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C+ |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bob Longino |
"Often heavy-handed and terminally dull..." more... |
C- |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"...advocacy entertainment..." more... |
B |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...a bleak comedy, funny in a Catch-22 sort of way..." more... |
A- |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"The film's tone of mournful irreverence runs its course after a while." more... |
B- |
| E! Online |
"What a total misfire." more... |
C- |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"...a dead pile of information in search of a movie." more... |
D- |
filmcritic.com
Chris Barsanti |
"...half-successful..." more... |
C |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"A sharp and witty satire about the international arms trade." more... |
B+ |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"...for a long while Lord of War fires as true as Dr. Strangelove or Catch-22." more... |
B |
New York Times
Manohla Dargis |
"...a misfire of a political satire about the international gun market..." more... |
C |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"...frustratingly scattershot." more... |
B- |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...frustrating..." more... |
C+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...upsetting but riveting..." more... |
B |
USA Today
Mike Clark |
"Even for a cinematic globe-hopper, War is all over the place..." more... |
C+ |
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