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- 2014
- PG-13
- Liberty Studios
- 2 h 4 m
- 2014
- PG-13
- Liberty Studios
- 2 h 4 m
Summary Set in Hungary during the final months of World War II, a young man (Jonas Armstrong) sets out to find his displaced family by using a stolen Nazi uniform to pose as an officer.
Directed By: Mark Schmidt
Written By: Kenny Golde, Richard Lasser, Jack Snyder
- 2014
- PG-13
- Liberty Studios
- 2 h 4 m
- 2014
- PG-13
- Liberty Studios
- 2 h 4 m
Walking with the Enemy
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6.2
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Summary Set in Hungary during the final months of World War II, a young man (Jonas Armstrong) sets out to find his displaced family by using a stolen Nazi uniform to pose as an officer.
Directed By: Mark Schmidt
Written By: Kenny Golde, Richard Lasser, Jack Snyder
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Metascore
Mixed or average
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
44
13% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
73% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
13% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or average
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
44
13% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
73% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
13% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Walking With the Enemy is a powerful piece of filmmaking that examines history and heroism with big-screen artistry, imagination and thrills.
Motivated by an earnest need to inspire, Schmidt's debut suffers from stiffness but improves as it goes, the tension of its plot overcoming many dramatic failings.
A simple retelling of these stories would have been more dramatic, more effective and more powerful.
Does not sink to the bathos of Roberto Benigni’s Oscar-winning film (“Life Is Beautiful”), but it does reduce a period of irredeemable horror to the heroics of a single person.
After Walking with the Enemy, two hours and four minutes of torture, rape and mass shootings, you’ll feel you’ve been tested, too.
As with many other WWII films, it takes genuinely stirring source material -- a young Hungarian man poses as a Nazi to find his dislocated family -- and reduces it to its most shopworn components.
While a noble, inspiring story, the filmmaking is blunt rather than intelligent.
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Awards
Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
