The War Within

  • 2005


MOVIE IS courageous jarringly psychological forthcoming lovable
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$ 0 Million
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Positive Reviews 21
Negative reviews 7
Average Rating 3.2/5
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3.0
We gave it a B Along with the obvious practical, political self interest, theres an undeniable creepy voyeurism that enters our desire to know what go .. EW
1.5
Its a knowing, dare I say sweet, little film that takes pains to let the characters speak for themselves, never rallying behind an implicit religious .. Austin Chronicle
3.1
A haunting companion piece to Hany Abu Assads forthcoming character study of Palestinian suicide bombers Paradise Now.
3.5
Sayeeds sister, the beautiful Duri, dates Americans and hangs out till the wee hours.
5.0
This isnt a polemic delivered with the folksy charm ofMichael Moore but a deadly high stakes drama that confronts both US foreignpolicy and Islamist f .. Screen Daily
3.5
Its enough, though, as is Akhtars spectacularly unshowy performance, which captures the subtle shadings and nuances of what would otherwise be and mos ..
2.5
The film is likely to thrill young audiences with an excellent soundtrack curated by music producer Count and featuring tunes by bands from Modest Mou .. San Francisco Chronicle
2.5
Director and co writer Joseph Castelo manages to coax some good performances, but the film is too timid to really grapple with its intense subject mat .. Combust Ible Celluloid
3.8
Slow moving yet thoroughly engrossing, the film does a nice job of exploring the effectiveness of the so called war on terror without ever coming off .. Reel Film Reviews
3.0
The first thing Hassan (Ayad Akhtar) does when he is smuggled into the United States from Canada is to shave his beard.He is a Muslim of Pakistani ori .. Eric Ds Nider
2.0
Hassans blankness is a symptom of the filmmakerss lack of commitment. Cs Monitor
2.5
But Castelo delivers good work with a compelling subject, and both deserve attention. Doris Toumarkine Film Journal International ..
3.1
The details the film provides of how a lonely true believer might try to wreak havoc on thousands of strangers are horrifyingly believable. Boston
4.4
Ilja Siepmann of Hastings hauled his daughter, and their family Christmas tree from the field where they had just cut Sunday afternoon at Kruegers Chr .. Star Tribune
5.0
It can hardly come as a surprise that there is no satisfying closure to be drawn from these movies, no sense that the grieving is over.
3.8
It turned out to be a complete bust..Torontos pre megacity mayors on the last time Queens Park messed with city politics With the city on the brink of .. Toronto Star
3.5
Cinematographers Chayse Irvin (BlacKkKlansman), Robbie Ryan (The Favourite) and Benoit Delhomme (At Eternitys Gate) pinpoint certain moments in their .. Calendar Live
2.0
Indeed, its most chilling scenes are the ones that show us how easy it is for an intelligent mind to grab onto a fundamentalist simplicity in order to .. Seattle Pi
2.5
That 2929 Entertainment would produce a manipulative film shouldnt come as a surprise. Tony Medley
3.8
Land of the Free This movie is an unflinching portrait of a suicide bomber. Movie Habit
2.5
Look, the real wonder of WW84 is that this maybe isnt the worst thing about it. Film Freak Central
2.0
You cant say The War Within lacks topicality, but its not exactly a courageous film, either. Boxoffice Magazine
3.0
The cast is superb, and Castelo has made some courageous choices by even tackling this subject. E Online
5.0
never comes close to subscribing to Hassans actions nor to excusing his motives, but does lay out in stark detail exactly what drove him to it essenti .. Killer Movie Reviews
3.0
A jarringly realistic, psychologically astute portrait of a budding suicide bomber with his eyes set on Grand Central Station. Guide Live
3.1
With subject matter so potentially intense, its a ho hum thriller with a predictable outcome. Seattle Times
2.0
The film sidesteps a more illusive and thornier issue the psychological sense of victimization among Muslims. Film Forward
3.8
You glance at Hassan with sympathy, which is immediately neutralized by the assurance that this man would kill you without a thought in the name of hi .. Arizona Daily Star
3.1
The storyline in The War Within is far from fluid and, at times, overwrought. But it doesnt stop the film from capturing ones interest. Miami Herald
3.8
You just cant believe Hassan can see so much innocent humanity and still choose mass murder. And then Hassan quietly intones God is great, and you rea .. Madison
1.5
The premise is indeed engaging, but the conversations are simplistic.
4.4
An unusually subtle, closely observed and accomplished independent effort. Boston Herald
2.0
My own subtle criticisms aside, War is a thought provoking and mood altering experience. Auf Muth



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