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Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk

2016

Ang Lee

Joe Alwyn, Steve Martin, Kristen Stewart, Garrett Hedlund ...

5.5

1,935

War. Drama In the film, Bravo Company, and 19-year-old private Billy Lynn, survive a harrowing Iraq battle that is captured by news cameras. They are brought home by the U.S. administration for a promotional tour, culminating at the spectacular halftime show of a Thanksgiving Day football game, all while facing an imminent return to the war. It is the first film in history shot at 120 frames per second. World Premiere at 54th New York Film ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"More absorbing than explosive (...) a snapshot of a country too infantilized by its fascination with fame and success to get to grips with the realities of war.	POS
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"A movie trapped between conventional narrative tropes and questionable attempts to deliver something that registers on a more visceral level (...) 'Billy Lynn' is just a decent story laced with attempts to make it larger than life"	NEU
United States	Dan Callahan The Wrap	"Of all the actors here, only Stewart behaves as if she is in a serious film (...) 'Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk' winds up being a wearying experience, not because of its emotional content but because of its lack of cohesion"	NEG
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"The film isn’t simply a technological experiment; it’s also a highly original, heartfelt, and engrossing story (...) In 'Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk,' reality truly is the ultimate special effect"	POS
United States	Rodrigo Perez The Playlist	"[The] use of 4k high definition cameras and 3D, shooting at 120 frames per second (...) is a major miscalculation, causing an emotional distance from a well-intentioned drama, instead of engaging the viewer"	NEG
United States	Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"A smart and languorous film that finds time to luxuriate in conversations and to create a feeling for small-town American life"	POS
United States	Brian Truitt USA Today	"A disappointing effort (...) ['Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk'] is saddled with an inconsistent plot, maudlin melodrama and surprising cynicism (...) Rating: ★½ (out of four)"	NEG
United States	Kyle Smith New York Post	"Dramatically inert, satirically inept and thematically insufferable, 'Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk' is the most disappointing film of the year (...) Rating: ★ (out of four)"	NEG
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"The film's technical achievements are indisputable (...) But Billy Lynn comes off as artificial when we most need it to be natural, organic and whisper-close (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)"	NEU
Spain	FilmAffinity	"New York Film Festival Director Chair Kent Jones said: “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk astonished me, and it moved me deeply—in the grandest way, as a story of America in the years after the invasion of Iraq (...) In every way, Billy Lynn is the work of a master.”	POS

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