What does it mean to lead men in war? What does it mean to come home? Hell and Back Again is a cinematically revolutionary film that asks and answers these questions with a power and intimacy no previous film about the conflict in Afghanistan has been able to achieve. It is a masterpiece in the cinema of war.... (Full plot summary below)
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What does it mean to lead men in war? What does it mean to come home? Hell and Back Again is a cinematically revolutionary film that asks and answers these questions with a power and intimacy no previous film about the conflict in Afghanistan has been able to achieve. It is a masterpiece in the cinema of war.
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| Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniA superb, violent, jarring and daring documentary. |
| The Hollywood ReporterDuane ByrgeDanfung Dennis presents a powerful depiction of the horrors and daily violence of our ongoing war in Afghanistan. |
| Boston PhoenixGerald PearyHell and Back Again offers a potent documentary correlative to the narrative of The Hurt Locker. |
| Boston GlobeWesley MorrisDennis's film attempts something few documentaries have: to inhabit the psyche of its subject. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIn its closing scenes, Hell and Back Again builds to an emotional and stylistic power that we didn't see coming. |
| Philadelphia WeeklySean BurnsThe combat sequences are almost distractingly beautiful. |
| VarietyRobert KoehlerSimilar in its battlefield passages to last year's Danish-made "Armadillo," Dennis' film scores a layered perspective that follows Marine Sgt. Nathan Harris into combat and back home. |
| East Bay ExpressKelly VanceAn absorbing peek into the circumstances of people whose stories usually get filtered in movies. |
| Observer (UK)Philip FrenchI can't recall a documentary shaped quite this way. Dennis handles it with integrity, and the effect is painful and deeply moving. |
| Total FilmTom DawsonFlashbacks, overlapping sound and dynamic editing viscerally convey Harris' state of mind, leaving a bleak picture of the struggle to win the Afghani people's trust. |
