Fuqua takes a genre picture and, by diverting the story onto an unconventional path, generates a sense of urgency. Tears of the Sun is not a great movie, but it is satisfying, and represents an example of accomplished filmmaking.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
Until it descends into mindless routine action in the climactic scenes, Tears of the Sun is essentially an impressionistic nightmare.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Wesley Morris
The film would be just as powerful, if less likely to saturate suburban megaplexes and flatter its patrons, were its saviors -- I don't know - French.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Desson Thomson
This is an odd amalgam of bleeding-heart sentimentality and over-the-top guts-and-glory action. You're not sure how to feel. But you're certainly not as moved and stunned as you were in "Black Hawk Down."Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Owen Gleiberman
Left wing? Right wing? Center? Who cares, as long as Bruce Willis is saving the world.Read Full Review »
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NewsWeek: David Ansen
A schizoid action flick bogs down in lofty intentions.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kenneth Turan
May make you weep, but not in the way anyone intended. Handsomely made, well-meaning but finally frustrating and unsatisfying, this perplexing film is an example of a previously unseen hybrid, the socially conscious, humanitarian action movie. It doesn't appear to be a genre with much of a future.Read Full Review »
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Slate: David Edelstein
At times, you could actually mistake Tears of the Sun for a blunt modern parable instead of an opportunistic mixture of up-to-the-minute atrocities and old-fashioned corn.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Claudia Puig
Unfortunately, it's not one-tenth as interesting as what you can see at home during a nightly cable surf as U.S. war policy is debated.Read Full Review »
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