Welcome to Sarajevo

Name: Welcome to Sarajevo
Genre: Drama, War
Released: November 26, 1997
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 72
Cast: Marisa Tomei, Stephen Dillane, Woody Harrelson

1997

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Miramax Films | Release Date: November 26, 1997 | R

Starring: Marisa Tomei, Stephen Dillane, Woody Harrelson

Summary: Living on the edge amid the constant threat of attack, an offbeat band of TV journalists, lead by hotshot Jimmy Flynn (Harrelson), report from a devastated war-torn country. The action intensifies when one of the journalists crosses the line and risks his life in a bold attempt to smuggle an orphaned girl to safety. (BV Entertainment)

Director: Michael Winterbottom

Genre(s): Drama, War

Rating: R

Runtime: 103 min

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Tom Meek

The result is crisp, brutal and utterly inspirational. Read full review

Lisa Schwarzbaum

The power comes from Winterbottom's rigorous sense of storytelling, which manages to show and tell terrible tales without telegraphing emotionalism Read full review

James Berardinelli

And, while there's nothing revolutionary or extraordinary about the dramatic narrative, the subtext gives Winterbottom's movie its force. Read full review

Mike Clark

Shot in semidocumentary fashion, it builds to a more visceral climax than one initially expects. [26Nov1997 Pg.09.D]

Desson Thomson

But if the modestly budgeted film (loosely based on journalist Michael Nicholson's factual narrative, "Natasha's Story") lopes along a formulaic, often heavy-handed track, its pictures and subtext make a powerful statement. [9Jan1998 Pg. N.41]

Elvis Mitchell

Yet this film, for all its apparent immediacy, winds up less affecting than a more poetic or roundabout approach might be. Read full review

Roger Ebert

The problem is that Winterbottom has imagined both stories and several others, and tells them in a style designed to feel as if reality has been caught on the fly. Read full review

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leroypiccione

Nov 19, 2015

You see, this is the kind of movie that makes documentaries look even better. I mean the story was definitely OK, the casting of Woody Harrelson and Goran Visnjic was great. It's like these roles were written especially for them. Woody is a great actor and I believe that this is one of theYou see, this is the kind of movie that makes documentaries look even better. I mean the story was definitely OK, the casting of Woody Harrelson and Goran Visnjic was great. It's like these roles were written especially for them. Woody is a great actor and I believe that this is one of the roles that catapulted Visnjic into the States...… Expand

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