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A Private War

2018

Matthew Heineman

Rosamund Pike, Jamie Dornan, Tom Hollander, Jesuthasan Antonythasan ...

6.1

2,648

War. Action. Drama A biopic about legendary american war correspondent Marie Colvin (Rosamund Pike), a woman who reported from conflicts including Kosovo, Chechnya, East Timor and the Middle East. In a world where journalism is under attack, Colvin is one of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time. Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontlines of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless, while ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"An incredibly sophisticated, psychologically immersive film (...) A performance of raw, unrelenting conviction [by Pike]"	POS
United States	Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"A deeply distressing, authentically moving psychological study of unswerving obsession.	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"[A] raw and riveting narrative debut (...) 'A Private War' resolves as such an effective memoir because even in its most clichéd moments (...) it resists easy psychoanalysis."	POS
United States	Ann Hornaday The Washington Post	"Rosamund Pike delivers the performance of her career (...) A movie as tough and honest as its complicated protagonist (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Nell Minow rogerebert.com	"The dramatic, personal story of Colvin herself is absorbingly told here, largely because of Pike's dynamic performance (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	David Fear Rolling Stone	What keeps this from being more than just a (...) biopic is not just Pike (...) It's also the fact that Heineman comes to this with what could be a deeper-than-usual understanding of the rush and regrets of Colvin’s profession.	POS
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"Pike's fierce performance invigorates a mixed-bag film (...) The further we get from war zones, the less graceful the film's storytelling gets"	NEU
United States	Rex Reed The New York Observer	"Eye-patched Rosamund Pike will make the media-haters respect at least one journalist (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"It's that this fierce, lived-in performance, complete down to the drawn face and go-for-it personality, is so convincing that people who knew Colvin were shaken at the resemblance."	POS
United States	Joe Morgenstern The Wall Street Journal	"In Ms. Pike's fierce yet laconic portrayal, this tormented woman commands a fateful grace under the fire that will consume her."	POS
United States	Victor Stiff The Playlist	"'A Private War' is intense and harrowing but is betrayed by a campy Rosamund Pike performance (...) Heineman and cinematographer Robert Richardson do an incredible job"	NEU
United States	Emily Yoshida Vulture	"Heineman's film is, in many ways, the movie so many people say they want: a portrait of a deeply complex, flawed, but brilliant and forceful woman."	POS
United States	Joshua Rothkopf Time Out	"[It] feels like the kind of movie that would have been designed for Streep or Weaver back in the day, ragged yet sumptuous, filled with moments for devastating monologues (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Ty Burr Boston Globe	"A reporter is never the story - the story is the story. But if looking at the reporter helps you see the story, and the human beings the story is about (...) 'A Private War' is worth it (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"[It] stops short of revealing the woman behind the myth (...) But I admired 'A Private War' for its tough, forthright, pro-journalist attitude (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Wendy Ide Screendaily	"Nimbly edited and directed with brio (...) It represents a sure-footed leap for director Matthew Heineman (...) For the most part, this is a serious-minded and unsensational study of an extraordinary journalist"	POS

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