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(1 - 41) of 41 OFCS Rating: 98% Fresh Page   1   B "What Eastwood has achieved here is authentic and, at select times, achingly humane and riveting. It just isn't efficient."   OhmyNews.com   Brian Orndorf 3.5/5 "achieves greatness by making us more privy to these men's inner lives"   Filmcritic.com   Chris Barsanti A+ "Clint Eastwood performed the year's most ambitious and original cinematic feat in making a pair of companion films about the significance of the battle at Iwo Jima and the ways in which the Japanese and American governments treated that pivotal engagement"   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "Letters ends on the beach where it begins, refusing to illustrate a future after loss, concentrating instead on loss itself."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 9/10 "Letters does something else, something devastating and timely as the U.S. faces loss in the Middle East. It interrogates the inevitability of loss in war, even when victory is proclaimed, and the senselessness of the effort."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 5/5 "Clint Eastwood will always be a red-blooded American filmmaker, but with 'Letters from Iwo Jima' he's demonstrated a remarkable maturity by looking outside our own borders."   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger 3/4 "By painting enemy combatants in distinctly human tones the film offers up a rare insight into the motivations and machinations of these (mostly) young men and in so doing makes us more appreciative of their noble and courageous efforts."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   David N. Butterworth A "Much like a tone poem about war."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 3/4 "In every way possible, Letters from Iwo Jima is the superior effort and precisely the kind of film Flags of Our Fathers should have been."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 4/5 "Por su humanidad y fuera desmitificadora, además de su rigurosa ejecución cinematográfica, se suma con honores a lo mejor de la filmografía de un gran director."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio B+ "Eastwood directs the personal scenes with tenderness and the battle scenes with shocking frankness."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider A "Joins Gallipoli and Black Hawk Down on a spare list of works that try to deal with war on its own terms rather than Hollywood's."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov "... Eastwood takes this film out of the realm of a typical war picture to illuminate the boundless nature of the human spirit, which extends far beyond race and nationality."   DVD Review   Felix Gonzalez Jr. A- "Represents a serious and sensitive epic on the real nature of war--not as some strategic game but as a devastating human experience."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3.5/4 "Only an overstuffed middle, battle-heavy section keeps Letters From Iwo Jima from being an elite movie."   eCinemaCenter.com   Gabe Leibowitz 3/4 "Although Eastwood does an adequate job of developing the characters into more than paper-thin soldiers, this isn't a character-based piece, and that limits its effectiveness."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3.5/5 "Letters From Iwo Jima does everything right that Flags of Our Fathers did wrong. Whereas Flags felt fractured and divided in its focus, spreading itself too thin dramatically and narratively, Letters is tight and intense."   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 9/10 "A complex act of empathy, a sincere attempt to understand the human beings, flawed and all, behind the flag of Japan."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen A- "continues to fight righteous battles to remind us of basic human values and to look at old issues from a fresh perspective"   Old School Reviews   John A. Nesbit 9/10 "...a sad, lonely, melancholic film, for all its brutal action and bloodshed, with moments of sheer poetry and others of heartbreaking grief."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio 9/10 "It's totally refreshing and, honestly, almost a little unnerving to see (a film) where the protagonists don't get to high-five each other before walking off into the sunset."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 3.5/5 "For the second time in one year, Eastwood manages to awe the world by stating the obvious, yet he does so in highly artistic fashion, masterfully shot and photographed."   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis 4/5 "...extraordinary in all its technical aspects, and profound and unique in its story. It's a worthy contender for Best Picture, but regardless of awards, it's worth your time."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Karina Montgomery 4/4 "With Letters from Iwo Jima, Eastwood has made one of the select genuine, anti-war films."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik 8/10 "Eastwood makes some stylistic mistakes, but the strength of the underlying material comes through."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper 3.5/4 "A good movie made even better if you consider it as a companion to Flags of Our Fathers"   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes "Eastwood deployed a sledgehammer of emotion with Flags, but with Letters, he uses a feather, and is much more effective for it."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3.5/4 "Eastwood has made a film that is thoughtful, poignant, touching, and philosophical. It stands as one of the best works in his long, illustrious career."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan 3/4 "In spite of its cases of explanatory handholding, there remains a stirring potency to Letters' exploration of loyalty, responsibility, and nobility."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 4/5 "O foco de Clint Eastwood mais uma vez se encontra na dinâmica entre os soldados e na forte camaradagem que surge entre estes."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 4.5/5 "A strikingly well-made film that states its case subtly and without compromise."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 5/5 "A fine, textured study of war, one that considers the strategic side as well as the human side without sacrificing either."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves "In Letters, the glossy romanticism of history crumbles before our very eyes."   House Next Door   Rob Humanick B "Another film about the brutality and senselessness of war, rather than glory."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten A "This is one of the best men at war films, ever."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 3/4 "Brings Eastwood's detached puzzle pieces together, giving us a clearer understanding of the director's grand intentions."   Charlotte Weekly   Sean O'Connell "Eastwood is so busy humanizing Japanese soldiers that he ends up rewriting history."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 10/10 "Subtle and non-judgmental, "Flags of Our Fathers" and "Letters from Iwo Jima" examine history within its context and emerge as strikingly effective anti-war statements."   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger 3.5/4 "Finally finishes a thematic trilogy begun with Unforgiven and A Perfect World."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf 4/4 Read review   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito  (1 - 41) of 41 OFCS Rating: 98% Fresh Page   1