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Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: EXCELLENT (cg) "...strong, assured 'Band of Brothers'-style drama... makes universal points about bonding, misery, loyalty, and the senselessness of war through a portfolio of soldiers." (Read the full review...) 93 words, 01/20/12
Stephen Holden, New York Times: VERY GOOD "On the long list of international films depicting war as a hellish, senseless enterprise 'The Front Line' is one of the more compelling.... leaves you as emotionally battered as the soldiers..." (Read the full review...) 729 words, 01/20/12 Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: WEAK (cg) "...much of this intense, honorable film is too drawn-out." (Read the full review...) 55 words, 01/20/12 Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times: FAIR "...overly long... capably delivers a number of visually arresting battle scenes... teeters in tone from absurd to sentimental.... a war movie not quite worth engaging." (Read the full review...) 304 words, 01/20/12 V.A. Musetto, New York Post: VERY GOOD (cg) "...mixes eye-popping battle scenes -- a firefight in a thunderstorm is especially amazing -- with poignant moments showing the human toll of war." (Read the full review...) 199 words, 01/20/12 Ernest Hardy, Village Voice/LA Weekly: VERY GOOD "Tightly directed and well acted (even though many characters are cut-outs from every war movie you've ever seen)... shoehorns little known history into a familiar format, and it works." (Read the full review...) 239 words, 01/18/12 Andrew Dowler, Toronto Now: WEAK (cg) "...packs a middleweight emotional punch... there's little new in it. The combat style comes from 'Saving Private Ryan,' and the characters from every movie about stress-disordered grunts since 'Platoon.' " (Read the full review...) 174 words, 01/26/12
The Front Line (Go-ji-jeon) has not been reviewed in Key Cities
Ernest Hardy, Village Voice/LA Weekly: VERY GOOD "Tightly directed and well acted (even though many characters are cut-outs from every war movie you've ever seen)... shoehorns little known history into a familiar format, and it works." (Read the full review...) 239 words, 01/18/12 Noel Murray, AV Club: VERY GOOD (cg) "...bloody and tense... the movie also reduces war to its simplest terms, defining it in terms of the reluctant soldiers who know that only accidents of birth and location determined which side of the battlefield they inhabit." (Read the full review...) 429 words, 01/19/12 Michelle Orange, Movieline: GOOD (cg) "Hollywood clichés pervade 'The Front Line'.... And yet the movie has its startling moments, moments with the spark of specificity and the bitter clarity of perspective." (Read the full review...) 750 words, 01/19/12 Bill Weber, Slant: MODERATE (cg) "...this dishonest, flailing attempt at working both sides of war-film aesthetics goes a long way in accounting for its status as South Korea's Academy Award submission." (Read the full review...) 414 words, 01/16/12 Andrew Dowler, Toronto Now: WEAK (cg) "...packs a middleweight emotional punch... there's little new in it. The combat style comes from 'Saving Private Ryan,' and the characters from every movie about stress-disordered grunts since 'Platoon.' " (Read the full review...) 174 words, 01/26/12
Stephen Holden, New York Times: VERY GOOD "On the long list of international films depicting war as a hellish, senseless enterprise 'The Front Line' is one of the more compelling.... leaves you as emotionally battered as the soldiers..." (Read the full review...) 729 words, 01/20/12 Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times: FAIR "...overly long... capably delivers a number of visually arresting battle scenes... teeters in tone from absurd to sentimental.... a war movie not quite worth engaging." (Read the full review...) 304 words, 01/20/12
Richard Kuipers, Daily Variety: GOOD "...solid if overlong... Engages auds emotionally with strong characters and bittersweet scenes of enemies fraternizing from a distance..." (Read the full review...) 596 words, 10/23/11 Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times: FAIR "...overly long... capably delivers a number of visually arresting battle scenes... teeters in tone from absurd to sentimental.... a war movie not quite worth engaging." (Read the full review...) 304 words, 01/20/12 Stephen Holden, New York Times: VERY GOOD "On the long list of international films depicting war as a hellish, senseless enterprise 'The Front Line' is one of the more compelling.... leaves you as emotionally battered as the soldiers..." (Read the full review...) 729 words, 01/20/12
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