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data.detnews.com - : Skillfully blending news and staged footage, this is a film based on a true story that actually seems to capture the dire truth of the besieged Bosnian capital city. Woody Harrelson and Marisa Tomei, though fine, correctly take second place to England's Stephen Dillane. As a veteran war correspondent who gradually loses his detachment, his work is a model of modesty and integrity. more...
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3/4
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rogerebert.suntimes.com - : My confidence in ``Welcome to Sarajevo'' was undermined by the film's uncertain air of improvisation. Like Haskell Wexler's ``Medium Cool,'' which plunged into the midst of the riots at the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago, it combines fact and fiction, real and fake news footage, and actors side by side with local people. Wexler pulled it off. Michael Winterbottom, who made this film about a 1992 Sarajevo where the smoke seems still rising from the latest shellings, doesn't quite. more...
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2/4
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movie-reviews.colossus.net - : This impeccably-crafted movie is a daring and powerful piece of work, not only for its willingness to film an unpopular subject, but for the unique perspective it offers, and it stands proudly alongside Winterbottom's other films. Hopefully, neither the title nor the subject matter will deter viewers from experiencing this memorable motion picture. more...
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3.5/
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