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Metascore
21 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Portland OregonianShawn LevyPortland OregonianShawn LevyA masterfully varied set of images, paces and moods.
- 100Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertBrilliant and heartbreaking, takes place in the present but is timeless.
- 89Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovSellbinding, distressing, and possessed of a dark and terrible beauty.
- 88Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrIn all respects, from choice of material to fullness of execution on every level, The War Zone is an extraordinary piece of work.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannSan Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannOne of the most impressive actor-to-filmmaker transitions in recent years.
- 75Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakSeattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakSticks in the mind and simply won't go away.
- 63San Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisSan Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisRoth, though, is like a sociopathic arsonist, one enthralled with his ability to start little blazes and one who would even call the fire department, but wouldn't stick around to see whether anyone put them out.
- 63New York PostJonathan ForemanNew York PostJonathan ForemanA relentlessly grim, rather heavy-handed drama of family dysfunction.
- 50L.A. WeeklyJohn PattersonL.A. WeeklyJohn PattersonRoth can obviously direct actors sympathetically, and he paces the movie adroitly.
- Much of its strength resides in the way it eschews narrative contrivance. The movie observes behavior without explaining or judging it.