Life During Wartime
User Score
5.7 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 13
  3. Negative: 2 out of 13

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Metascore
69 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 30 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 30
  3. Negative: 1 out of 30
  1. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: Anthony Lane
    80
    Solondz will never be meek and mild, and there are spasms of shame and awkwardness here that will make even devoted viewers wince as sharply as ever. But the movie, his best to date, and a sequel of sorts to "Happiness," feels drenched in an unfamiliar sadness.
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  2. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    75
    Thanks to the evocative cinematography of Ed Lachman, it is bathed in a celestial light that cannot penetrate the existential darkness of its characters.
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  3. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    67
    Call it the aesthetic of un-Happiness.
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