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(1 - 40) of 40 OFCS Rating: 58% Rotten Page   1   C+ "Fails to make these powerful human experiences seem like anything other than tired war-film clichés."   AboutFilm.com   Carlo Cavagna "Does raise some dicey questions (even if it does mostly drop them)."   Nitrate Online   Cynthia Fuchs 2/4 "War is no doubt hell. The only question is, do we really need another movie to tell us that? I think not."   Cinemaphile.org   David Keyes C "This is a soldier's action-war film, that eulogizes them as noble heroes in a questionable war that has turned into a nightmare."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 3/4 "As far as war movies go, this is the best studio effort since Terrence Malick's brilliant 1998 picture, The Thin Red Line ."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 1.5/4 "Wallace continues to render humanity via simple-minded, Asians-have-girlfriends-too philosophy."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez C "Offers no new insight on the matter, nor do its characters exactly spring to life."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 2/4 "Once you’ve seen it over and over and over again in the movies, there are only so many new places that a filmmaker can take us."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress C+ "The movie is clearly diluted for mass consumption."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov C+ "Crisply and efficiently made...but ultimately its very old-fashioned earnestness makes it seem a little creaky,...like a cinematic nostalgia trip."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3.5/4 "We Were Soldiers' battle action is as intense and unsparing as that of Black Hawk Down, yet the movie is richer because the characters are more fully realized."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3/4 "Wallace keeps the tension racheted up tight, and he never shies away from the gore of war"   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 1/5 "Mel Gibson's Vietnam drama breaks under the weight of its contradictions."   Netflix   James Rocchi 3/4 "A heartfelt, yet excessively maudlin, look at the Vietnamese conflict that led the U.S. into a full-blown warfare controversy."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 7.5/10 "Despite its few flaws that prevent it from being a war movie masterpiece, this is still a riveting, engaging and even occasionally quite touching work that benefits from some terrific performances and technically well-crafted battle sequences."   Screen It!   Jim Judy 7/10 "An inspiring war movie with honorable intentions..."   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo 3.5/5 "...it’s a competent film—based on real life experiences in Vietnam by someone other than Oliver Stone!"   ToxicUniverse.com   John A. Nesbit 6/10 "A decent war film whose biggest strength is its telling of an important story with which the public is not entirely familiar."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 2.5/4 "Presenta los hechos de una manera que recuerda a lo peor de la derecha republicana, asemejándose a la patética y triste época del senador McCarthy y su 'cacería de brujas'"   Moviola   Jorge Avila Andrade C+ "...hides behind carnage in an attempt to seem weighty, but (should not) be taken any more seriously as a historical account than an average episode of "Hogan's Heroes"."   Countingdown.com   Larry Carroll C+ "the least successful of a recent spate of ultra violent war films that ennoble the U.S. military"   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 8.5/10 "We were soldiers es la voz de los soldados muertos que reclaman el haber sido enviados a defender un país, para luego ser simplemente dejados atrás."   Cinenganos   Luis Martinez 3.5/4 "There is such a broad scope to the film that it seems ready to topple over on itself, but it very rarely misses a beat."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik 3/4 "When staying true to its title--which, thankfully, is most of the time--this is an effective war picture."   Mr. Brown's Movies   Michael Dequina 3.5/5 "There are some surprising and good things about the film."   Goatdog's Movies   Michael W. Phillips, Jr. 2.5/4 "For a movie that is based on a true story, We Were Soldiers has a lot of war movie cliches."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan 4/4 "We really get to know some of these soldiers and their families in a way that goes beyond most war films. That gives the film additional emotional impact."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B "Attention to the period detail is a major plus [in "We Were Soldiers"]"   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 44/100 "Perhaps a better celebration of these unfairly dismissed heroes would be a film that isn’t this painfully forced, false and fabricated."   Apollo Guide   Scott Weinberg C "[Wallace] can write a good fight (Braveheart), but he certainly can't shoot one."   Eclipse Magazine   Sean O'Connell "Mel Gibson fights the good fight in Vietnam in director Randall Wallace's flag-waving war flick with a core of decency."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 3/4 "The road to hell is paved with the abandonment of our best ideals to the intoxicating call of manifest bloodlust."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw "Noble sentiments, played for every wave of the flag possible by writer-director Randall Wallace."   Light Views   John Larsen 9/10 Read review   Modamag.com   Brian Orndorf 9/10 Read review   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper 3/5 Read review   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 7/10 Read review   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger Read review   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker Read review   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline Read review   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 40) of 40 OFCS Rating: 58% Rotten Page   1