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77 out of 100

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5.6 out of 10

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  • Starring: Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan
  • Summary: Lt. Colonel Serling (Washington) is sent home from the Gulf War and soon becomes embroiled in intrigue when he investigates the circumstances surrounding the death of medal-of-honor candidate Capt. Karen Walden (Ryan). (Twentieth Century Fox)

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  1. Positive: 16 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. ReelViews
    Reviewed by: James Berardinelli
    100
    As profound and intelligent as it is moving, and that makes this memorable motion picture one of 1996's best.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    90
    Intelligent, involving and serious, it is as honestly emotional as Hollywood allows itself to get, a story of the search for wartime truth whose own concern for the genuine makes all the difference.
  3. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Michael Dequina
    60
    Patrick Sheane Duncan's script deftly weaves together the stories of Serling and Walden, and Zwick remarkably sidesteps the trap of sticky sentiment--an idea further carried forth by Ryan's admirably against-type (and shamefully unsung) performance.

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