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Tigerland
20th Century Fox
FILM:
MPAA RATING: R for violence, pervasive language, a scene of strong sexuality and some drug use
Starring
Colin Farrell,
Matthew Davis,
Clifton Collins Jr.,
and
Tom Guiry
At Fort Polk, Louisiana, thousands of young men prepare for Vietnam. The specter of combat hangs over the men of A-Company, Second Platoon, as they enter the final stage of infantry training. They will be sent to the war. But each man deals with this prospect in his own way. One man's defiance, however, galvanizes every member of the platoon. (20th Century Fox)
| GENRE(S): |
Drama
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
Ross Klavan
Michael McGruther
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Joel Schumacher
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: April 17, 2001
Video: April 17, 2001
Theatrical: September 22, 2000
|
| RUNNING TIME: |
100 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

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88
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
A strong, gritty, powerful piece of film making, and one of the three or four best movies made about the Vietnam era.

83
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
An affecting, old fashioned, antiwar war story.

80
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Consistently fresh, engrossing and unpredictable.

80
Variety
Emanuel Levy
A tautly focused, well-executed drama. Demonstrates that it's still possible to make small, intimate and personal movies within the Hollywood studio system.

77
Mr. Showbiz
Kevin Maynard
The entire ensemble is first-rate.

75
USA Today
Mike Clark
Worth a look. It's easy to overrate -- but just as easy to undervalue.

75
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Rarely less than compelling, must-see entertainment, thanks to Farrell, Schumacher and company.

70
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
The stripped-down production give a disturbing sense of immediacy to an otherwise fairly conventional story about boys being prepared for war.

50
The New York Times
Dana Stevens
Beneath the rough vérité exterior beats the same slick, corny heart.

40
Village Voice
Dennis Lim
In his first major role, the Irish actor Farrell deflects the script's more dubious aspects through sheer magnetic presence.

30
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
Despite melodramatic lapses -- the gripping action recalls Walter Hill's 1981 "Southern Comfort" -- this is Schumacher's most ambitions film since
"Falling Down" in 1993, and it plays to his strengths with young actors.
30
Film.com
Jared Rapfogel
A terrible, tired piece of filmmaking.

25
TNT RoughCut
Susannah Breslin
Lacks just about everything on every level.

20
LA Weekly
Manohla Dargis
Schumacher has gone into the cinematic heart of darkness and emerged with his own peculiar kink on the war movie: Vietnam beefcake.


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