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Voices in Wartime
Cinema Libre Studio

Voices in Wartime reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 65 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
10.0 out of 10
based on 12 reviews
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MPAA 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.


GENRE(S): Documentary  
DIRECTED BY: Rick King  
RELEASE DATE: Theatrical: April 8, 2005 
RUNNING TIME: 75 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

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

Vote Now!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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