Jarhead Reviews



  • Jarhead
    • Genre : Drama
    • Release Date :
    • MPAA Rating : R
    • Duration : 115 minute(s)
    • Production Budget : 72
    • Studio : Universal Pictures
    • Official Site : http://www.jarheadmovie.com/
    • Reviews Rate
      Go! Watch this movie. You'll regret if not seeing it.

    • Readers Rate
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Movie Reviews

  • worth seeing for the performances and cinematography
    by Jean Lowerison [San Diego Metropolitan ]
  • one of the most beautiful war movies ever made
    3 of 4 by James Verniere [Boston Herald ]
  • not a pretty picture, but it is a lovely film
    3 of 5 by Marc Savlov [Austin Chronicle ]
  • Mendes does a remarkable job
    4 of 5 by Collin Souter [EFilmCritic ]
  • isn't just another of the growing number of dramas about the Gulf War.
    3.5 of 4 by James Berardinelli [ReelViews ]
  • gives a painfully realistic portrayal of the horrors and drudgery of military life
    3.5 of 5 by Pete Vonder Haar [Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice ]
  • feels empty and tentative
    by Kirk Honeycutt [The Hollywood Reporter ]
  • feels a little boring and tedious.
    2 of 4 by Jeff Vice [Deseret News, Salt Lake City ]
  • exceptionally produced and directed drama
    3 of 4 by Gary Goldstein [Reel ]
  • Both tough and intelligent, tender and profane
    4.5 of 5 by Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch ]
  • an existential docudrama: cool and funny, vivid and remote at the same time
    4.5 of 5 by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly ]
  • an effective, haunting new spin on a well-worn genre.
    3.5 of 4 by David Nusair [Reel Film Reviews ]
  • a remarkably thin and threadbare introspective melodrama
    2 of 4 by Sara M. Fetters [MovieFreak ]
  • a powerful emotional journey
    8.5 of 10 by Edward Douglas [Comingsoon ]
  • a juvenile war-as-dick metaphor that wants to leave it audience, like its characters, with a case of blue balls.
    1.5 of 4 by Ed Gonzalez [Slant Magazine ]
  • a frustrating piece of craftsmanship, a fantastically made movie on a technical level that leaves viewers with nothing in the end
    2.5 of 4 by Daniel Fienberg [Zap2it ]
  • a competently made, reasonably well acted, muddle of a film
    3 of 5 by David Mercier [FilmJudge ]
  • a cinematic marvel
    4.5 of 5 by Alexis Tuminello [The Cinema Source ]
  • 4.5 of 5 Reviewed by [E! Online ]
  • 4.5 of 5 Reviewed by William Arnold [Seattle Post-Intelligencer ]
  • 4 of 5 Reviewed by Eric Meyerson [Filmcritic ]
  • 4 of 5 Reviewed by Philip Wuntch [The Dallas Morning News ]
  • 3.5 of 4 Reviewed by Amy Biancolli [Houston Chronicle ]
  • 3.5 of 4 Reviewed by Barbara Vancheri [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ]
  • 3.5 of 5 Reviewed by Robert Denerstein [Denver Rocky Mountain News ]
  • 3.5 of 4 Reviewed by Duane Dudek [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ]
  • 3 of 4 Reviewed by Ed Blank [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ]
  • 3 of 5 Reviewed by Andrea Chase [Killer Movie Reviews ]
  • 3 of 4 Reviewed by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone ]
  • 3 of 4 Reviewed by Jan Stuart [Newsday ]
  • 2.5 of 4 Reviewed by Allison Benedikt [Chicago Tribune ]
  • 2.5 of 5 Reviewed by Mark Keizer [Boxoffice Magazine ]
  • 2.5 of 4 Reviewed by Peter Keough [The Boston Phoenix ]
  • 2.5 of 4 Reviewed by Ty Burr [Boston Globe ]
  • 2 of 4 Reviewed by Jami Bernard [New York Daily News ]
  • Reviewed by Ian Grey [Orlando Weekly ]

Reader's Reviews

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