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- 1986
- R
- Hemdale
- 2 h 2 m
- 1986
- R
- Hemdale
- 2 h 2 m
Summary An American photojournalist gets caught in a political struggle at El Salvador in 1980.
Directed By: Oliver Stone
Written By: Richard Boyle, Oliver Stone
- 1986
- R
- Hemdale
- 2 h 2 m
- 1986
- R
- Hemdale
- 2 h 2 m
Salvador
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7.4
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Summary An American photojournalist gets caught in a political struggle at El Salvador in 1980.
Directed By: Oliver Stone
Written By: Richard Boyle, Oliver Stone
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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71% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
69
71% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
29% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
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Whatever may be flawed in Oliver Stone's searing, full-torque new war movie "Salvador", one thing about it is burningly right: It's alive. It broils, snaps and explodes with energy. The events (condensed from two years of battles and political upheaval in El Salvador) fly past at a murderous clip, hurtling you along almost demonically. [10 Apr 1986, p.6]
It serves as testimony to the ghosts that continue to haunt such men as ex-senator Bob Kerrey.
Central America has become a kind of hell on earth, and "Salvador" scorches us with this infernal truth. [17 March 1986, p.81]
The polemic may seem obvious and at times laboured, but the action sequences are brilliant, and the film does achieve a brutal, often very moving, power.
Like Midnight Express, for which Stone received an Academy Award for his screenplay adaptation, Salvador is better movie than document. But if Stone's style is entirely too florid for history, it is grimly arresting by Hollywood standards. Whatever else, Salvador is an original. [9 May 1986, p.D1]
The tale of American photojournalist Richard Boyle’s adventures in strife-torn Central America, Salvador is as raw, difficult, compelling, unreasonable, reckless and vivid as its protagonist.
The main characters tend to be either grotesques or stereotypes, who keep getting into incoherent arguments, composed largely of variations on America's favorite epithet...For a movie with pretensions to laying out political realities, the colorful Salvador is black and white.
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Generally Favorable
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Production Company
Cinema '84,
Estudios Churubusco Azteca S.A.,
Hemdale,
Patsa Productions S.A.
Release Date Apr 23, 1986
Duration 2 h 2 m
Rating R
Tagline Based on a true story.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 2 Nominations
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
