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- 2010
- R
- National Geographic Entertainment
- 1 h 33 m
- 2010
- R
- National Geographic Entertainment
- 1 h 33 m
Summary A feature-length documentary that chronicles the deployment of a platoon of U.S. soliders in Afghanisatn'ss Korengal Valley. The movie focuses on a remote 15-man outpost, Restrepo, named after a platoon medic who was killed in action. It was considered one of the most dangerous postings in the US military. This is an entirely experientia...
Directed By: Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger
- 2010
- R
- National Geographic Entertainment
- 1 h 33 m
- 2010
- R
- National Geographic Entertainment
- 1 h 33 m
Restrepo
7.4
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Summary A feature-length documentary that chronicles the deployment of a platoon of U.S. soliders in Afghanisatn'ss Korengal Valley. The movie focuses on a remote 15-man outpost, Restrepo, named after a platoon medic who was killed in action. It was considered one of the most dangerous postings in the US military. This is an entirely experientia...
Directed By: Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 33 Critic Reviews
85
97% Positive
32 Reviews
32 Reviews
3% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 33 Critic Reviews
85
97% Positive
32 Reviews
32 Reviews
3% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
A film that is beautiful, harrowing, heartbreaking -- and necessary.
Restrepo can be tedious at times and nerve-racking at others, but why shouldn't it be? That's exactly what Junger and Hetherington saw on the front lines, so that's what they show, with very little filter.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 81 User Ratings
7.4
69% Positive
56 Ratings
56 Ratings
27% Mixed
22 Ratings
22 Ratings
4% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 81 User Ratings
7.4
69% Positive
56 Ratings
56 Ratings
27% Mixed
22 Ratings
22 Ratings
4% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
This is a documentary which uninhibitedly depicts its young protagonists in literally every spectrum of their lives during their 15 month deployment in the Korengal valley Afghanistan. whether pro or anti war it is never the less a harrowing experience watching these young souls face such extreme circumstances so far from home.
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Made up of intimate interviews and disturbing combat footage, the movie does what it sets out to do. It throws the grisly circumstances of war up on screen and lets us interpret them. And by not delving too far into these questions (and not taking any real stance), the filmmakers allow the material to reach a much wider audience than if they had (thus, it wonâ
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Restrepo is an example of photojournalism at its finest.
A gut-wrenching, politically neutral documentary that spends more than a year with a platoon of American GIs in a valley that's been called the most dangerous spot on Earth.
The movie premiered in January at the Sundance Film Festival, too soon to include a tragic denouement: in April the U.S. command surrendered the Korangal Valley to the Taliban.
The filmmakers offer no commentary. We watch. And what we see is explosive, deeply moving and impossible to shake.
Even after experiencing the film, what they've gone through - and how they deal with it - deliberately remains a mystery.
I'm a huge war film and documentary fan and a high school history teacher so I had high expectations about this film and was certainly not disappointed. This was clearly one of the most powerful war movies I've ever seen. I never got a sense that the soldiers or the filmmakers had a clear point of view about the war or their role but that, in and of itself, says much about the overall U.S./Afghanistan policy. I couldn't help but see frightening glimpses of Vietnam, Iraq, and Korea. History certainly repeats itself and we (the U.S.) seemingly never learn our lesson; however, this movie proves that sending young, innocent men into harm's way for cloudy objectives is too often the default and demented policy of a nation too quick with the trigger finger and an egomaniacal attitude. I highly recommend seeing this movie and I intend on showing it to my students when it comes out on DVD.
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I had read Junger book "War" before I watched the movie and was looking forward to see the soldiers and the mountainous landscapes so well described there. I have to say that the movie left me underwhelmed. It was neither about the situation in Korangal Valley (which would demand some sort of a introduction, maps, narration, analysis of strategic and tactical importance) nor about the troops in one of the most dangerous outposts in the world (which would demand more background on the soldiers, going into the psychology of warfare, PTSD...). The whole thing feels somewhat directionless (maybe as a commentary on the Afghan war) and probably much more so for the viewers who did not read the book. On the positive side, (not counting the great dance number to the immortal tune "Touch Me" by Samantha Fox) you get immersed - the camera is almost always in the middle of action, you can see the bullets flying and feel the explosions. But if you really want to get to know the men of Restrepo, read the book. This does not help much.
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Production Company
Outpost Films,
Virgil Films & Entertainment,
Passion Pictures
Release Date Jun 25, 2010
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline One platoon, one valley, one year
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
National Board of Review, USA
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
