Casualties of War

  • 1989


MOVIE IS critical sinister dramatizing american effective
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Positive Reviews 19
Negative reviews 3
Average Rating 3.8/5
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4.5
De Palma uses his consummate filmmaking skill to craft a reflection of his own grave sorrow about the Vietnam era.
2.5
Another Brian De Palma movie, another bludgeoning. Or stabbing. Or body drilling. Whatever as long as the victims a woman.
5.0
It is a breakthrough work, a signal of an artists blossoming maturity, and one of the most punishing, morally complex movies about men at war ever mad ..
4.0
Consciences guilty over Vietnam War atrocities are passionately at work in this well put together drama about an American military unit who torture an ..
3.5
Casualties of War is Brian DePalmas 19th film, and it contains fine ensemble performances by the well rounded cast. Spirituality And Practice
3.2
In any case, the film lets us know that just opposing the war is not enough one must actively try and stop the bad war. Sover
3.0
The result is often hypnotic and perversely gripping, but falls apart during its final reel. Tv Guide
4.0
He conveys the sinister horror of the situation with his tilted widescreen angles, but theres time to appreciate the jungle for its beauty and its ter .. Combust Ible Celluloid
3.5
Femme Fatale, like all good noir films, is almost impossible to describe without giving something away. Reel Film Reviews
4.0
Casualties of War is a tough, flawed film, but overall is quite compelling. Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
4.0
Capturing the moral confusion and physical chaos of war, Casualties of War is consistently gripping and full of tensions, and its therefore too bad th .. Emanuellevy
4.0
Meserve may be beyond reach.Eriksson is on a journey into disillusionment. Empire
4.5
A tour de force for De Palma, Penn and Fox possibly one of the best war movies ever made Flim Threet
4.5
Yet having the way paved by the critical and commercial success of The Deer Hunter, Apocalypse Now, Platoon, and Full Metal Jacket, the film landed in .. The Film Stage
4.0
Truth be told, Brian DePalma hasnt done a truly classic film since Casualties of War. Bullz-Eye
4.5
A powerful metaphor of the national shame that was Americas orgy of destruction in Vietnam, Brian De Palmas film deals directly with the harrowing rap .. Variety
5.0
Mr. Penn plays Meserve with terrific elan. There is plausibility in every movement and gesture, and especially in his crafty handsomeness. His Meserve .. Ny Times
4.5
To step back and study the film reveals an intricate carousel of ideas and gags balanced to perfection by the director. Brian Or Ndorf
1.5
But its also a provocative Vietnam War film, that makes us look at the mistaken Vietnam War as something thats dehumanizing. Dennis Schwartz Reviews
4.5
Theres a moral charge to the action, but its also swooningly exciting, coldly scary. Every friend may be an enemy, every innocent a traitor. La Times
1.5
It also couldnt be more flat footed, taking a true life tale and squashing it with simplistic scenarios and colorless characters. Film Frenzy
5.0
This sort of suspense places the audiences focus squarely with the protagonist. Movie Martyr
1.5
Does Vietnam have a geographical place, a national history, a culture, or a political future Not really, for as we are reassured at the end of Brian D .. OutWeek



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