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Caden Cotard
20Jun11
An incendiary, pitch-black look at the first Gulf War. Jake Gyllenhaal is brilliant here, jumping from amicable to terrifying to pathetic all in one go. It’s also funny as hell. Where The Hurt Locker was more of a fictional documentary, just presenting events, Jarhead has a clear political commentary, in the form of Gyllenhaal’s voiceover. Also, he’s shirtless a good percentage of the time. Always a plus.
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IndyLIVE
7Mar11
An admirable film with fearless performances and unbelievably evocative cinematography (can we expect anything less from Roger Deakins?). This is a challenging movie and I don't like that so many people dismiss it. I'm not into war movies, I don't particularly like the army, but this film offered a lot for me to think about. Mainly, the reality of being in a war zone. It's not all shooting and explosions, you know.
Matt Keane
5Jun10
Beautiful cinematography. Everything else is sloppy. This is probably the least affecting war movie I've ever seen. It was boring and I didn't care about the characters. It tries to reference classic Vietnam movies in an ironic way but ends up coming over as a pale, lifeless imitation. Not fit to share the same jeep as David Simon's TV masterpiece Generation Kill', which is about the second Iraq war.
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Vincent Caramela
12Jun09
Is it just me or is this quite possibly the most homoerotic war film ever made? I guess Mendes had to install sexual tension somewhere since there were no female characters for him to shit all over.
Phil Worfel
6May09
There is no greater narrative portrait of the modern soldier. This is what friends of mine became.