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  • 2014
  • PG-13
  • C3 Entertainment Inc.
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2014
  • PG-13
  • C3 Entertainment Inc.
  • 1 h 36 m

Summary Based on a true story of the American Civil War, culminating at the Battle of New Market, May 1864. A group of teenage cadets sheltered from war at the Virginia Military Institute must confront the horrors of an adult world when they are called upon to defend the Shenandoah Valley. Leaving behind their youth, these cadets must decide wha...

Directed By: Sean McNamara

Written By: Thomas Farrell, David M. Kennedy

  • 2014
  • PG-13
  • C3 Entertainment Inc.
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2014
  • PG-13
  • C3 Entertainment Inc.
  • 1 h 36 m

Field of Lost Shoes

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
28
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 6 User Ratings
4.7
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Summary Based on a true story of the American Civil War, culminating at the Battle of New Market, May 1864. A group of teenage cadets sheltered from war at the Virginia Military Institute must confront the horrors of an adult world when they are called upon to defend the Shenandoah Valley. Leaving behind their youth, these cadets must decide wha...

Directed By: Sean McNamara

Written By: Thomas Farrell, David M. Kennedy

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Metascore
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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40% Mixed
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60% Negative
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60
Oct 2, 2014
The war scenes and their aftermath are involving and emotionally sound as well as skillfully shot and edited. And if several moments smack of revisionist history, perhaps best to ascribe them to dramatic license.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 24, 2014
It’s a sentimental, sometimes moving affair... It is also at times a reminder of how hard it is to manage a decent Civil War movie on a limited budget, and how hard it is, even today, to tell a Civil War tale untainted by revisionism.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
20
Sep 25, 2014
Best viewed as a glossy advertisement for the venerable military academy that is its focus, Field of Lost Shoes doesn’t exactly score points for objectivity.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
20
Sep 24, 2014
The film is adequately directed, well-photographed, and competently acted. But it’s rotten at its core.
By Matthew Dessem FULL REVIEW
10
Sep 24, 2014
The film stands as a pinnacle of revisionist bullshit.
By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Tredegar Film Works, Brookwell-McNamara Entertainment, Talent One
Release Date Sep 26, 2014
Duration 1 h 36 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline Send the boys in...and may God forgive me.
Website https://www.facebook.com/pages/DJ-Havoc/9224712158
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Awards

GI Film Festival - Washington, DC/Virginia
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Leo Awards
• 1 Nomination

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