War of the Buttons
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40 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 14
  3. Negative: 4 out of 14
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  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    Oct 11, 2012
    25
    The parallels between the kids' war and the real one are made far too obvious by Christophe Barratier, who made the equally treacly "The Chorus" and infests the movie with nonstop musical goo.
  2. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Calum Marsh
    Oct 10, 2012
    12
    By the time the drama is wrapped up with a bow and every child has learned a valuable life lesson, even the gap-toothed little tyke there solely for comic relief has begun to grate.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Jon Frosch
    Oct 9, 2012
    30
    Of course, everyone in the film - aside from one or two conspicuous villains - turns out to be a resistant, making an otherwise harmlessly corny movie something slightly more bothersome: a revisionist fantasy of French heroism.
  4. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Sam Adams
    Oct 9, 2012
    20
    That War of the Buttons shows no insight into how a nation's will could be so easily subdued is disappointing; that it shows no curiosity on the subject is inexcusable.

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