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Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)

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All Time

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152

2000's

of 34,035

28

2006

of 5,492

6
Adaptation
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  7
  
  Adaptation of 2006
  
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  1
  
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  3
Drama
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  of 38,015
  
  94
  
  Drama of 2006
  
  of 1,340
  
  5
  
  Drama of the 2000's
  
  of 9,665
  
  16
History
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  11
  
  History of 2006
  
  of 13
  
  3
  
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War
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  14
  
  War of 2006
  
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  1
  
  War of the 2000's
  
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Letters From Iwo Jima (2006) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:3.3512

Avg Critic Score:3.3597

Letters From Iwo Jima (2006) Movie Reviews

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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

For a fraction of a second at the very beginning of Clint Eastwood's "Letters from Iwo Jima," you may think that you are gazing overhead at a field of stars. ...read the complete Letters From Iwo Jima movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

Eastwood's direction here is a thing of beauty, blending the ferocity of the classic films of Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai) with the delicacy and unblinking gaze of Yasujiro Ozu (Tokyo Story). ...read the complete Letters From Iwo Jima movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

This is Clint Eastwood's ("Mystic River"/"Million Dollar Baby") better companion piece to his more ambitious but less satisfying bigger budgeted Flags of Our Fathers. ...read the complete Letters From Iwo Jima movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

Letters from Iwo Jima is a unique American-made war movie for at least two reasons: it depicts the battle from the perspective of the losers and it represents the United States as the ...read the complete Letters From Iwo Jima movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

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San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)

Eastwood has at times been a theme-bound and overly praised director. But the laurels really fit this unique double bill. His spare, careful classicism, braced by compelling care for tension and action, makes Letters a great battle movie....read the complete Letters From Iwo Jima (2006) review at San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)

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The Onion (A.V. Club) (Noel Murray)

It's hard to explain exactly why Clint Eastwood's Letters From Iwo Jima is so much better than its companion World War II film "Flags Of Our Fathers," except to say that Flags tries too hard to emphasize the ironies of selling a war, while Letters deals...read the complete Letters From Iwo Jima (2006) review at The Onion (A.V. Club) (Noel Murray)

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The Independent (Anthony Quinn)

Scripted in Japanese by Iris Yamashita, this is a more focused and intense film than Flags. While there are occasional flashbacks to pre-war lives, the bulk of the film examines the savage fighting in defence of the island and the personal trials of...read the complete Letters From Iwo Jima (2006) review at The Independent (Anthony Quinn)

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Philadelphia Weekly (Sean Burns)

This is a mournful, difficult film, but also a masterful one. Eastwood finds pockets of kindness and humanity where you'd least expect them, and once again cements his hard-earned reputation as the restless inquisitor of our national mythologies....read the complete Letters From Iwo Jima (2006) review at Philadelphia Weekly (Sean Burns)

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