Stalingrad

  • 2013


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Average Rating 2.9/5
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2.5
This more or less defines the movies dominant aesthetic: It imagines the bloody Battle Of Stalingrad as Wanteds Timur Bekmambetov might have choreogra .. Av Club
4.5
Home 3D is brilliant for spectacle although I wish spectacle didnt always have to be the overriding factor. Den Of Geek
3.0
Theres a rich historical story here worth the watch, one that presents a spectacular visual journey, but Bondarchuks film unfortunately tries to do it .. We Got This Covered
4.5
Its certainly a more nationalistic take on this famous butchery of a battle, but one thats every bit as relevant certainly today as any other. Austin Chronicle
3.0
Details, shmeetails: The appeal here is an almost choking sense of grandeur. Time Out
2.0
Protechnically impressive, but something important is missing: tension, originality and memorable characters. Time Out
2.5
Its a promising setup like something Howard Hawks might have done, back in the day but the storytelling here never quite manages to cohere. Vulture
3.0
Unfortunately, it is pretty boring.Stalingrad tries so hard to be epic that it frequently gets confused and bogged down with peripheral characters. Paste Magazine
3.1
Id recommend it just for the window it provides into popular entertainment on the other side of the world. Rogerebert
2.0
No one should come to this kind of epic expecting subtlety, but it veers closer to blockbuster war porn than anything since Pearl Harbor (2001). Telegraph
4.0
But all in all, director Fedor Bondarchuk has made an outstanding war drama that is as packed with action and spectacle as it is profound drama and he .. Cinema Blend
3.0
When Russia took back the city of Stalingrad from the Nazis in late 1942 and early 1943, the momentum of the war reversed. Ny Daily News
3.5
While theres probably a more thoughtful, less action y version of STALNGRAD to be made, it cant be denied that as a pure action spectacle STALINGRAD d .. JoBlo
2.5
The second goal is a kind of victim boasting: You think youve seen catastrophes The Globe And Mail
2.5
Stalingrad is long and operatic, but its message is simple enough: War is hell, but hell, it makes for good cinema. Philly
3.1
Every excess has an old fashioned hint of Soviet era propaganda about it. Rogers Movie Nation
3.2
Stalingrad has become hell and paradise for those who were worthy of awards, but the only reward they managed to get was love. Blu Ray
3.0
Stalingrad is the first Russian 3 D Imax action movie, and the directors enthusiasm for the medium cannot be underestimated: warplanes loom from the s .. The Times
4.0
This State supported Russian 3D IMAX epic comes with plenty of pedigree. Independent
3.0
Though not quite as emotionally engaging as it should have been, Stalingrad is an impressively staged war thriller whose spectacular special effects d .. View London
2.0
Stalingrad is a battle, all right.But its one that the audience loses. Film Journal
2.0
The perverse spectacle (child torching, prostitute stripping, endless flying ash) offered as compensation for indistinct characterisation gets muffled .. The Guardian
2.0
Stalingrad is certainly watchable in its overwrought bombast, but its less a film than a $30m ideological monument. The Guardian
3.0
Russian director Fedor Bondarchuks treatment of the World War II turning point is shallow and contrived, if sometimes impressively staged. Npr
3.1
Unfortunately, Stalingrad is marred by a visual design that all too often undermines the intensity and severity of its thematic preoccupations with ra .. Q Network
3.2
Yes, the film is gorgeous assuming you want to see rubble and soot and frostbite rendered as eye candy. Ew
3.0
If youre familiar with the historical specifics, Stalingrad is a reasonably engrossing war drama in the style of Days of Glory, well played and with m .. Flim List
2.0
Loud, visually impressive and emotionally bombastic, it makes Emmerich and Bay look like paragons of subtlety and smarts. Empire
3.8
After a devastating opening, the movie gets sluggish here and there, but it remains interesting throughout, not just culturally, but as a piece of dra .. Sf Gate
3.5
Like most war movies, Stalingrad is anti war at its core, placing it in a long line of such films as Academy Award winning All Quiet on the Western Fr .. Boston Herald
1.9
But even this character dynamic serves only a homespun allegoric purpose, deflating any historiographical possibilities in favor of nationalist bragga .. Slant Magazine
2.5
But for all its faults, Stalingrad keeps redeeming itself in the way it communicates the relentless horrors of war. Washington Post
2.5
The young men get pocket biographies in strenuously nostalgic voice over. The New York Times
3.2
Narratively, its a bit scattered, but, as one might be able to tell from its presentation, the action is the real star; as an IMAX spectacle deserving .. The Film Stage
3.5
Studilina is a stunning beauty and her Masha is a vulnerable, sympathetic character. Reeling Reviews
2.8
Studilina is a stunning beauty and her Masha is a vulnerable, sympathetic character. Reeling Reviews
2.0
But director Fedor Bondarchuk cant quit make Stalingrad hang together. Flickfilosopher
3.0
Nobody did colossus better than the Soviet Union.So its only right and proper that Fedor Bondarchuks new film is a grandiose affair, populated by some .. The Irish Times
4.0
Ilya Tilkin and Sergei Snezhkins screenplay might not shine for originality, but it has a sense of grueling realism. Hollywood Reporter
2.0
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2.0
The intense if trite human drama in the screenplay from Ilya Tilkin and Sergey Snezhkin covers both sides: a ragtag band of Russian soldiers protectin .. Los Angeles Times
1.5
Its also awash in stereotypes, and lacks any characterization more than a millimeter thick. Variety
3.1
To wave a flag, sing a song and celebrate it as the uncomplicated and inevitable victory of good over evil is the sort of easy message only an old pro .. Nj
2.5
Stalingrad largely succeeds in sensory terms but doesnt fare so well in dramatic ones. The Star
4.0
If it is, in some ways, an old fashioned war movie, it has the benefit of not only providing some impressive spectacle, but telling American viewers a .. Maki At The Movies
3.0
Alas, the movie fails to resist the comparatively dehumanising effects of the blockbuster genre it intermittently gravitates towards. Digital Spy
2.5
Though the performances arent bad at all, everyone is playing one note stereotypes in this cat and mouse game as Bondarchuk marks time for an impressi .. New York Post
3.0
The entire cast is watchable, and the visual effects are seriously eye catching, but only a hint of thoughtful subtext reminds us that this was actual .. Contact Music
2.0
Under cover of darkness, hordes of Russian soldiers come under heavy fire as they approach the banks of the Volga River outside German occupied Stalin .. The Dissolve
3.0
Stalingrads use of 3D feels surprisingly subtle, given its potential with a massively budgeted war film; with the 135 minute runtime, perhaps its best .. Under The Radar Mag
2.0
Its just a shame that this gritty attention to detail is compromised by the soapy plotting, an unnecessary detour that distracts rather than enlighten .. Sky
3.0
Its a flawed production, certainly, but the ambition is to be admired as its a bold piece of filmmaking, and given it feels so grand in scope, hopeful .. Hey U Guys
4.0
I didnt mind the cliches, because part of Stalingrads 131 minute charm is that in some ways it feels 40 years old. Birmingham Mail
3.2
Even when the film is crushingly predictable, its visually arresting. Oc Register
2.5
Instead, Fedor Bondarchuks bloody battle epic celebrates the excesses of war cinema far more effectively than it does the heroism of his countrymen. Screen Space(Squarespace)



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