
During the Bosnian War, the captive Bosnian Ajla is brought with other women to a Serbian barrack to serve the soldiers. The commander Danijel recognizes Ajla that he met in a night-club and wooed her and he discreetly protects her. They rekindle their love, but can they trust on each other?... (Full plot summary below)
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During the Bosnian War, the captive Bosnian Ajla is brought with other women to a Serbian barrack to serve the soldiers. The commander Danijel recognizes Ajla that he met in a night-club and wooed her and he discreetly protects her. They rekindle their love, but can they trust on each other?
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| Rolling StonePeter TraversAt times, Jolie rises to the pulpit when she should stay on the ground. Her theme is too complex for her scattered screenplay to encompass. It's as a director that Jolie shines. |
| Hollywood & FineMarshall FineJolie raises a crucial issue: What are you willing to do to survive? What can you live with? Where do your loyalties ultimately lie? |
| Time OutJoshua RothkopfOccasionally, the movie italicizes its points with heavy musical drones, but its tone is remarkably even and concentrated: It makes sense that Jolie excels at stewarding the scenes she usually tears apart onscreen: two people struggling in an emotional death grip, the camera up close. |
| NewsdayRafer GuzmanIt's a tough, clear-eyed look at a ghastly ethnic war, with an admirably wide perspective that affords compassion for both sides. |
| USA TodayClaudia PuigRather than a glossy, superficial movie-star vanity project, In the Land of Blood and Honey feels like the sober, hard-hitting work of a humanitarian. |
| Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaRepresents a brave undertaking on Jolie's part. It's impressively steady filmmaking for a first-timer, and a powerful, powerfully disturbing subject to take on. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanIn the Land of Blood and Honey captures the sickening way the war in Bosnia became a gray zone of genocide. Yet that, unfortunately, is not enough to make it a good movie. |
| Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreIt's a good movie on a great subject, even if it is well short of a great film. |
| Arkansas Democrat-GazettePhilip Martin...not incompetently made, and it suggests that Jolie might have a real shot at someday being a very good director. But it leaves us with a feeling so queasy and uncomfortable one hesitates to give it voice: Could she really think this dynamic is sexy? |
| New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierIt is how the film never loses sight of the closeness of the combatants, turning national intimacy into a tragic casualty. |