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Day Zero
2007
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Day Zero
Positive Reviews
4
Negative reviews
5
Average Rating
2.5
/5
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2.5
As the pals, Elijah Wood, Jon Bernthal, and especially Chris Klein mope around noncommittally, as if it were an upcoming trip to the in laws they were ..
EW
0.6
Proves that Hollywood doesnt have a monopoly on ponderous, ersatz thoughtful war dramas.
1.5
Since theres no support in Congress for reinstating the draft, thats unlikely to change.
Screen Daily
4.0
This is not a watered down take on what would happen if the men we know got drafted it aims for the jugular. And hits it, hard.
Cinema Blend
2.5
The films relentless focus on the personal shortchanges the larger issues and ultimately reduces Fellner, Rifkin and Dixon to sociopolitical stereotyp ..
Tv Guide
3.1
...an engaging little drama that benefits from the stellar performances of its various actors.
Reel Film Reviews
1.9
Proves that even the most controversial of topics can be the basis for the dullest indie films.
New York Post
4.5
Presents characters as concepts rather than actual people, and deals much more with the theoretical consequences of war rather than the actual human t ..
Film Journal International ..
2.5
The semi plausible Day Zero, a rather formulaic male buddy saga, asks hypothetical questions about the impact of a reinstated draft on three vastly di ..
Emanuellevy
4.5
Through portraits of these three men, Cole uses the possibility to explore themes of loyalty and duty, masculinity, class conflicts and a youth cultur ..
Boxoffice Magazine
1.3
A film that revels in defeatism and hyperbolized dystopia; a would be political statement that is more insipid than insightful.
Christianity Today
1.2
Its purely amateur hour here; a laughably produced elegy for the common man facing war time blues, placing substantial dramatic weight on the shoulder ..
Dvd Talk
2.5
no one will mistake this earnest try for Medium Cool. Maybe just Smallish Cool.
Filmcritic.com
2.5
An implausible story centering on three characters whose differences in social class and temperament make the proceedings less than involving.
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