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
  1. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    Reviewed by: Joe Williams
    Nov 1, 2012
    50
    War of the Buttons is handsomely crafted and it's touting tolerance, but as long as we open the gates to the Trojan horse of historical simplification, there's a danger that Hollywood could attack us with "The Goonies Go to the Gulag." Be vigilant!
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  2. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Tom Russo
    Oct 25, 2012
    50
    But when there's such a lighthearted, boys-at-play manner about the story's established aspects, it creates an odd disconnect from the World War II tolerance lessons that the filmmakers seek to add. War and persecution are bad, kids - except when it's all in good fun.
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  3. Arizona Republic
    Reviewed by: Barbara VanDenburgh
    Oct 23, 2012
    40
    For a movie that aspires to be heartwarming, it sure does inspire a lot of eye rolling.
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