The Bang Bang Club

  • 2011


MOVIE IS serious dangerous excellent dramatic musical
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Positive Reviews 26
Negative reviews 6
Average Rating 3.3/5
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2.5
Silver means to get across the adrenaline rush of lives lived in dangerous extremes, but winds up trivializing their accomplishments and making them s .. Av Club
2.0
Its an ambitious film, but it has probably bitten off more than it can chew. Common Sense Media
4.5
Ryan Phillippe plays it all super straight (he doesnt really smile this time round), and perhaps lacks the sheer charisma that is needed to drive the .. Screen Daily
4.0
Intense and often very brutal (though rarely overly graphic), The Bang Bang Club is a film that deserves careful distribution, and will appeal to love .. Screen Daily
2.5
The Bang Bang Club seems curiously oblivious to South Africa as a whole. Rogerebert
3.5
The handheld shooting style is wildly appropriate, the action captured in an all encompassing yet perspective manner and the performances are of the b .. Cinema Blend
3.0
Yet the story has heat, even if the movie is more entranced with its subjects than in what theyre trying to achieve. Ny Daily News
3.5
Its definitely something worth seeking out, and a must see if you have any interest in the ethics of modern reporting. JoBlo
2.5
For all director Silvers attempts to simulate the experience of war photographers, he somehow manages to miss both on the wide shot and the close up i .. The Globe And Mail
3.8
Dean and Cindy can be frustratingly obtuse but Gosling and Williams bring a painful authenticity to this portrait of intimacy turned to alienation. The Globe And Mail
3.0
But the four leads here lack the idealism and the compassion of James Nachtwey, the American profiled in the extraordinary documentary War Photographe .. Spirituality And Practice
2.5
Yes, I think we all used her, Eve Arnold once said of Marilyn Monroe.I think as a photographer, one has to accept the fact that one does invade other .. Village Voice
3.5
This film is painstakingly detailed in its recreation of iconic events and images. Its also beautifully played by a superb cast, although the story is .. Shadows On The Wall
4.0
Its also extremely moving in places and Silver orchestrates a number of excellent scenes, most notably a superb sequence where Phillippes character cr .. View London
3.5
The Bang Bang Club recreates situations like this with stunning immediacy. Film Journal
2.5
A slideshow of actual photographs by the Bang Bang Club during the end credits packs more emotional punch than anything that precedes them, displaying .. Npr
3.0
Kitschs performance as the gifted but self destructive Carter is by far the most compelling, yet seems peripheral in an ensemble setup that never real .. Guardian
4.5
This is one of those relatively rare movies that gets better and smarter as it goes along... Salon
4.0
Silver offers no easy way out of his moral maze, just an unflinching look at conflict and its impact both on the perpetrators and those who watch. Eye For Film
2.5
Which is surprising since Silver previously executive produced the powerful Rowandan portrait, Shake Hands With the Devil. Susang Ranger
2.5
It is this moral reckoning that makes The Bang Bang Club such promising material for the screen. Chicago Tribune
3.5
Its heavy stuff, but the director supplements his film with enough fluff to keep it both entertaining and informative. Hollywood
3.5
And, even if the script, based on the 2001 memoir by Marinovich and Silva, doesnt dig especially deeply into its main characters clearly complex psych .. Los Angeles Times
3.1
Moshes progressively desperate attempts at turning Bunraku into a cult classic are nothing short of pathetic, and its ultimately impossible not to won .. Reel Film
1.9
Everyone dashes around being rakish and feeding one anothers egos with lines like, Cant you at least pretend to be scared New York Post
3.1
Youll be glad to know that all actors involved handle their accents just fine. Red Eye Chicago
4.5
Like being ordered to have long hair and smile on stage, but wondering how to smile with a trombone in your mouth.Or repeatedly told youre not good en .. News Blaze
4.0
Silvers recreation of actual events has an almost tangible energy that recalls Paul Greengrasss work. Filmcritic.com
2.0
But its the newness of Mitchells musical accountand Rachel Chavkins gracefully dynamic stagingthat bring this old story to quivering life. New York Time Out
1.0
Taveniers portrait of 16th century life is ultimately a paradox: One thats spot on in big picture details but a mess when you get up close, at once ov .. Washington City Paper
2.0
It feels like every time the movie gets close to uncovering something that may feel authentic it shies away and goes for a Hollywood clich instead. Richard Crouse
3.0
Its a special disappointment when a movie takes a great subject and lets us down. Movie Line
3.5
The production is too glossy for the deadly serious and viscerally real subject matter in this photojournalist thriller. Monsters And Critics
2.0
But even when taken on its own terms, Secret in Their Eyes amounts to a disappointment. Google
3.1
The Bang Bang Club divulges little insight into what keeps this dangerous brotherhood banging away around the world. Seattle Times
3.5
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3.8
Silvers execution lacks elegance or great dramatic structure, but it works well enough to tell an urgent story that defined an era, and continues to d .. National Post
3.1
Silver cut his teeth in documentaries and it shows in the skilled on the ground style of the camerawork. But visuals are only half the story and the p .. Toronto Star
4.5
This is a movie about a group of people who essentially exploit the suffering of others and eventually that takes their toll on them. Ebert Presents



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