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Voices in Wartime
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65 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
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  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Curiel
    100
    Potent.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Sheri Linden
    90
    Voices in Wartime is a stirring testament to the search for meaning.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Crust
    80
    A thoughtful, provocative exploration of the ways poets have dealt with the experience of battle throughout history.
  4. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Russell Scott Smith
    75
    A moving documentary about poetry inspired by combat.
  5. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: William Arnold
    75
    Eloquent and informative.
  6. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    70
    Filled with some of the most powerful poetry and shattering images ever to come out of warfare.
  7. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Anita Gates
    70
    Rick King's stirring documentary Voices in Wartime is not, as you might guess from the title, a compilation of soldiers' battlefield letters to their families back home. This intense little film is about poetry, and not just Homer's "Iliad."
  8. Variety
    Reviewed by: Robert Koehler
    70
    A history of verse is laid alongside that of warfare, and the ways in which they are braided together proves fascinating.
  9. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Michael O'Sullivan
    70
    The words more than hold their own against the pictures.
  10. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ella Taylor
    50
    The film's self-limiting pacifism precludes a closer look at the poetry of war, which is not synonymous with poetry against war.
  11. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Joshua Land
    50
    Poorly organized mishmash of archival war films, scholarly chatter, and literary quotations.
  12. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Ann Hornaday
    50
    Its pedagogical tone perfectly suits it for viewing in classrooms.
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