As profound and intelligent as it is moving, and that makes this memorable motion picture one of 1996's best.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kenneth Turan
Intelligent, involving and serious, it is as honestly emotional as Hollywood allows itself to get, a story of the search for wartime truth whose own concern for the genuine makes all the difference.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
The end of the film understandably lays on the emotion a little heavily, but until then Courage Under Fire has been a fascinating emotional and logistical puzzle--almost a courtroom movie, with the desert as the courtroom.Read Full Review »
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ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
In Washington's haunted eyes, in the stunning cinematography of Roger Deakins (Fargo) that plunges into the mad flare of combat, in the plot that deftly turns a whodunit into a meditation on character and in Zwick's persistent questioning of authority, Courage Under Fire honors its subject and its audience.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Owen Gleiberman
A large-scale military drama with a quiet, almost mournful center.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Elvis Mitchell
Despite its underlying predictability, Courage Under Fire manages warmth, intelligence and a healthy share of surprises.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Rita Kempley
A downright entertaining combo of mystery, melodrama and action adventure.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Susan Wloszczyna
A film that wins on 'Courage' of its convictions. {12 July 1996, p. D1]Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Desson Thomson
I sat through "Courage" with interest, but I wasn't particularly moved or riveted with suspense.Read Full Review »
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NewsWeek: David Ansen
The film seems to want us to pin a medal to its own chest.Read Full Review »
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