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A |
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B+ |
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| Acting: |
A |
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| Direction: |
A |
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A+ |
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Elegant Savagery
by VidiaWzHare (movies profile)
May 13, 2007
10
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12 people found this review helpful
This film features a first act that is one of the most memorable in war-film history. It is an internal analysis of the savagery of war before the movie goes on to examine the outer war itself-that war on the battlefield in Vietnam.
Many will find the shift to Vietnam out of place because of the emotional intensity of the opening act- but this emotional redundance is overcome by the character transformation (and acting ) of Modine. The film closes elegantly- but never forgets the savagery of its subject matter. This is its greatness. |
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