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(1 - 37) of 37 OFCS Rating: 56% 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 ."   DustinPutman.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 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."   TheMovieReport.com   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 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 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! 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