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  • 1999
  • R
  • Lot 47 Films
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 1999
  • R
  • Lot 47 Films
  • 1 h 38 m

Summary For fifteen-year old Tom (Cunliffe), the war zone is at the heart of his seemingly happy middle-class family. Nothing can prepare him for the terrible secret that binds his father (Winstone) and his seventeen-year-old sister Jessie (Belmont). Isolated, confused and consumed by adolescent anger, Tom is determined to reveal the truth. (...

Directed By: Tim Roth

Written By: Alexander Stuart

  • 1999
  • R
  • Lot 47 Films
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 1999
  • R
  • Lot 47 Films
  • 1 h 38 m

The War Zone

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
68
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 19 User Ratings
8.3
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Summary For fifteen-year old Tom (Cunliffe), the war zone is at the heart of his seemingly happy middle-class family. Nothing can prepare him for the terrible secret that binds his father (Winstone) and his seventeen-year-old sister Jessie (Belmont). Isolated, confused and consumed by adolescent anger, Tom is determined to reveal the truth. (...

Directed By: Tim Roth

Written By: Alexander Stuart

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
68
71% Positive
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29% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
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71% Positive
15 Reviews
29% Mixed
6 Reviews
0% Negative
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100
Brilliant and heartbreaking, takes place in the present but is timeless.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
88
Showing as much courage and talent behind the camera as he has while acting in front of it, Roth has crafted for his first film one of the most bluntly graphic and disturbing movies ever done on the subject.
By Jack Mathews FULL REVIEW

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Universal Acclaim Based on 19 User Ratings
8.3
89% Positive
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5% Mixed
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Universal Acclaim Based on 19 User Ratings
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89% Positive
17 Ratings
5% Mixed
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5% Negative
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75
Roth, there's no denying, creates considerable suspense out of our desire to confront the forbidden.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
70
A bleak, beautiful film.
By Jean Oppenheimer FULL REVIEW
63
A relentlessly grim, rather heavy-handed drama of family dysfunction.
By Jonathan Foreman FULL REVIEW
50
Much of its strength resides in the way it eschews narrative contrivance. The movie observes behavior without explaining or judging it.
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40
Wrought with pretension -- and a blind eye to its own exploitation.
By Ernest Hardy FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Channel Four Films, Fandango, Mikado Film, Portobello Pictures, Sarah Radclyffe Productions Limited
Release Date Dec 10, 1999
Duration 1 h 38 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline When the worst of men hides in a family with no history.
Website http://www.atalantafilmes.pt/2000/warzone/thewarzone.htm
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Awards

British Independent Film Awards
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
European Film Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations

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