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Voices in Wartime

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Voices in Wartime reviews
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10.0 User Score:

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Based on 12 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Documentary

Written by:

Directed by: Rick King

Release Date:
Theatrical: April 8, 2005

Running Time: 75 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring David Connolly, Sinan Antoon, Chris Abani, Rachel Bentham, and Pamela Talene Hale

This feature-length documentary delves into the experience of war through powerful images and the words of poets -- unknown and world-famous.

What The Critics Said

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100

San Francisco Chronicle Jonathan Curiel

Potent.

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90

The Hollywood Reporter Sheri Linden

Voices in Wartime is a stirring testament to the search for meaning.

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80

Los Angeles Times Kevin Crust

A thoughtful, provocative exploration of the ways poets have dealt with the experience of battle throughout history.

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75

Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold

Eloquent and informative.

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75

New York Post Russell Scott Smith

A moving documentary about poetry inspired by combat.

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70

Variety Robert Koehler

A history of verse is laid alongside that of warfare, and the ways in which they are braided together proves fascinating.

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70

The New York Times Anita Gates

Rick King's stirring documentary Voices in Wartime is not, as you might guess from the title, a compilation of soldiers' battlefield letters to their families back home. This intense little film is about poetry, and not just Homer's "Iliad."

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70

TV Guide Ken Fox

Filled with some of the most powerful poetry and shattering images ever to come out of warfare.

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70

Washington Post Michael O'Sullivan

The words more than hold their own against the pictures.

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50

Washington Post Ann Hornaday

Its pedagogical tone perfectly suits it for viewing in classrooms.

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50

Village Voice Joshua Land

Poorly organized mishmash of archival war films, scholarly chatter, and literary quotations.

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50

LA Weekly Ella Taylor

The film's self-limiting pacifism precludes a closer look at the poetry of war, which is not synonymous with poetry against war.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 10.0 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

William S. gave it a10:
This is an extraordinary film, unlike any I've ever seen before. This is not your grandfather's documentary. More like Winged Migration than Outfoxed.

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