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Voices in Wartime

Generally favorable reviews
Based on 12 critic reviews
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Based on 3 votes
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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.
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What The Critics Said
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The Hollywood Reporter Sheri Linden
Voices in Wartime is a stirring testament to the search for meaning.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Crust
A thoughtful, provocative exploration of the ways poets have dealt with the experience of battle throughout history.
Read Full Review >New York Post Russell Scott Smith
A moving documentary about poetry inspired by combat.
Read Full Review >Variety Robert Koehler
A history of verse is laid alongside that of warfare, and the ways in which they are braided together proves fascinating.
Read Full Review >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."
Read Full Review >TV Guide Ken Fox
Filled with some of the most powerful poetry and shattering images ever to come out of warfare.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Michael O'Sullivan
The words more than hold their own against the pictures.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Ann Hornaday
Its pedagogical tone perfectly suits it for viewing in classrooms.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Joshua Land
Poorly organized mishmash of archival war films, scholarly chatter, and literary quotations.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
