Life During Wartime

James Mackin

The change in cast is a fun idea, but I prefer the first. This one looks so much better though, and had Michael K. Williams playing Philip Seymour Hoffman's role, so that's just great.

Frankly, Mr. Shankly

A 12-year-old boy with Burroughs' Naked Lunch as his bedside book is the kind of thing you could only see in a Todd Solondz movie. And gotta love Charlotte Rampling.

Fernando Nikolić

Watching Happiness prior to this film sparked a more sentimental relation to the conflicts presented, but Life During Wartime can stand on its own two feet. Having also seen Welcome to the Dollhouse recently, I feel that this film is Solondz' more visually entertaining film, but it's equally strong in its storytelling as the others. Can't wait to check out the rest of his filmography - I am a fan.

Harry Rossi

Another wonderful film from Solondz. One thing I especially appreciated, was that this is probably his most visually interesting film. Like the person below me said, while it is a "sequel" to "Happiness", it works perfectly fine on it's own. The characters and acting are great as always and I love how obviously political the film is. Very fascinating stuff. Another Solondz film I absolutely loved!

IndyLIVE

A film of deep sadness and cynicism, fitting very well with Solondz's Happiness. His films continue to grow more challenging and unique. I would say that this film, and many other Solondz films, are tremendously under-appreciated.

Joseph Sylvers

You need to have seen Hapiness to really get all the jokes in this film, and having seen them all I can say this is one of his most subdued and subtle but also accumulates allot of skills and techniques he's developed in the past. Forgiveness and "fresh starts" are the targets of Solondz this time around but sorrowful tragicomedy is still the order of things. Some unexpected dreamy moments that were nice too.

Stefan

The first time viewing was hard for me to follow because I was wrapped up in looking for happiness connection. But it all came together in the second viewing. :)

Michael H. CLAES

Todd SOLONDZ knocks out hypocrisy & madness in US society. Ice-cold Jewish humor, self-mockery & a rare collection of neuropaths. Hold on! == Todd SOLONDZ dézingue l'hypocrisie & la folie de la société américaine. Humour juif décapant, autodérision & 1 rare collection de nevropathes. Accrochez-vous ! La scène avec RAMPLING rafle tout. http://toutestneutral.blogspot.fr/2010/04/life-during-wartime-un-solondz-soft.html