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A War
Directed by
Tobias Lindholm
R
2016
1h 55m
Drama
,
War
,
and more
7.0
90%
79%
6.6
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During contact with the Taliban in Afghanistan a Danish commander makes a decision which saves many of his men's lives but inadvertently takes the lives of some Afghani civilians. Now he is facing criminal charges.
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Cast of A War
Pilou Asbæk
Claus Michael Pedersen
Tuva Novotny
Maria Pedersen
Søren Malling
Martin R. Olsen
Charlotte Munck
Lisbeth Danning
Dar Salim
Najib Bisma
Dulfi Al-Jabouri
Lutfi Hassan
Alex Høgh Andersen
Anders
Jakob Frølund
Terkel Sand
Phillip Sem Dambæk
Brian Brask
Petrine Agger
Ulla
Martin Tamm Andersen
Michael Chidekel
Christian 'Krølle' Pedersen
Kenneth 'Slagter' Jensen
Andre Fog Sorensen
Nikolai Jones
Tobias Lindholm
Director / Screenplay
Tomas Radoor
Producer
Rene Ezra
Producer
Thomas Greve
Production Design
Burak Yerlikaya
Art Direction
Magnus Nordenhof Jønck
Director Of Photography
Ian N. Tomkins
Second Unit Director Of Photography
A War Ratings & Reviews
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
Cary Darling
The haunting and stark A War may be [Tobias Lindholm's] most striking and effective work yet
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
A quietly searing drama about morality, priorities, and absolute truth.
San Diego Reader
Matthew Lickona
Writer-director Tobias Lindholm's latest is a microcosmic and finely wrought war story in which everyone has their reasons.
Detroit News
Tom Long
Ethically challenging and occasionally brutal, "A War" explores the dicey nature of decisions made in the heat of battle and the grim consequences that may follow.
Seattle Times
John Hartl
It's intense without becoming simplistic, and the actors stay focused as the viewpoints shift.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
Only in the second half, after the commander is accused of a war crime and returns home to stand trial, do these two worlds merge and their respective realities clash, with sobering results.
Boston Globe
Peter Keough
[It] may ... be among the best war movies of all time.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Calvin Wilson
"A War" is an emotionally complex film that doesn't play by the rules of mainstream cinema.
leonardmaltin.com
Leonard Maltin
A War pays service to all sides: Danish soldiers, Afghan inhabitants, and the families... Straightforward and absorbing storytelling...
New York Magazine/Vulture
David Edelstein
A War confirms the darkest, least mentionable secret of traumatized veterans-that what haunts them is not just what they saw and what was done unto them, but what they did.
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
The courtroom machinations are skillfully played, but here, too, there is a certain stolidity.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Tirdad Derakhshani
Lindholm's mastery of film form is matched by his willingness to engage with some of the most intractable moral quandaries that haunt contemporary life.
Vox
Emily St. James
[A War] is not a masterpiece. It's as messy and uneven as real life. But messiness is inherent to why A War works.
Arizona Republic
Barbara VanDenburgh
The craftsmanship of "A War" is unimpeachable. Tight shots and jittery camera work give the film an immediate, intimate feel.
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
Like his 2012 film "A Hijacking," Danish writer-director Tobias Lindholm's drama "A War" explores the theme of moral compromise with an uncomfortably astringent honesty.
San Francisco Chronicle
Walter V. Addiego
The film is cleanly made and moves quickly, which enhances its effectiveness. It raises moral issues that simply can't be addressed too often.
The New Republic
Gwyneth Kelly
A War is the best possible title for Denmark's Oscar nominee, which, scrubbed of the patriotism and politics that define American war films, transcends the war in the Middle East to interrogate the struggle of all conflicted decisions.
The New Yorker
Richard Brody
The movie is memorable and draining, but "Full Metal Jacket" it is not.
TheWrap
Alonso Duralde
While most Hollywood movies are so afraid of moral ambiguity that you'd think the old-school Production Code was in effect, here's a story that eschews easy answers and forces audiences to examine their own consciences while the characters do likewise.
Entertainment Weekly
Joe McGovern
Novotny is a striking screen presence; a fresher film would have told the story entirely from her perspective. But instead, we see the one we're used to - and a wobbly one at that.
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