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Movie critics combined give Rescue Dawn (2007) a score of 3.0642 out of 4
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Rescue Dawn (2007) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for New York Post (Kyle Smith)New York Post (Kyle Smith)
IN “The Great Escape,” Steve McQueen proved that the Germans could take away our freedom but never our baseball gloves. In “Cool Hand Luke,” Paul Newman taught us that sometimes nothin’ is a real cool hand. And ...read the complete Rescue Dawn movie review at New York Post (Kyle Smith)
Rescue Dawn (2007) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Tail Slate (Douglas Strassler)Tail Slate (Douglas Strassler)
...read the complete Rescue Dawn movie review at Tail Slate (Douglas Strassler)
Rescue Dawn (2007) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)
A film that works as a thrilling adventure as exciting and visceral as any put on the screen in recent memory and as an intimate character piece about an ordinary man whose extraordinary courage allows him to persevere against seemingly insurmountable odd ...read the complete Rescue Dawn movie review at efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)
Rescue Dawn (2007) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for ColeSmithey.com (Cole Smithey)ColeSmithey.com (Cole Smithey)
Werner Herzog's sensational narrative version of the story he told in his acclaimed 1997 documentary "Little Dieter Needs To Fly," about former real-life Navy pilot Dieter Dengler," is a wartime escape movie to top all others. ...read the complete Rescue Dawn movie review at ColeSmithey.com (Cole Smithey)
Rescue Dawn (2007) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)
But just as exciting -- maybe even more so, for those who love the medium and, especially, the uplift of the great-escape genre -- Rescue Dawn is a triumphant Werner Herzog movie. ...read the complete Rescue Dawn movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)
Rescue Dawn (2007) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Contra Costa Times (Mary F. Pols)Contra Costa Times (Mary F. Pols)
A story of true humanity and inspiration. ...read the complete Rescue Dawn movie review at Contra Costa Times (Mary F. Pols)
Rescue Dawn (2007) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Brian Orndorf)eFilmCritic.com (Brian Orndorf)
Rescue Dawn is stark, blessedly simple, and encrusted with a thickened level of primitive sophistication, celebrating the fight to survive with euphoric and evocative visual brush strokes. ...read the complete Rescue Dawn movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Brian Orndorf)
Rescue Dawn (2007) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for efilmcritic.com (Dan Lybarger)efilmcritic.com (Dan Lybarger)
Herzog proves that realism can be more thrilling than most cinematic gimmicks. ...read the complete Rescue Dawn movie review at efilmcritic.com (Dan Lybarger)
Rescue Dawn (2007) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Detroit News (Tom Long)Detroit News (Tom Long)
Takes what could have been a mundane if well-made war story into something greater -- more harrowing, more hungry and more human. ...read the complete Rescue Dawn movie review at Detroit News (Tom Long)
Rescue Dawn (2007) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Chronicle (Walter V. Addiego)San Francisco Chronicle (Walter V. Addiego)
Herzog aims this genre effort at a broader audience than he usually gets, and he does so without losing his soul. It's a remarkably straightforward tale that allows the director to dwell on obsessions familiar to those who know his work. ...read the complete Rescue Dawn movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Walter V. Addiego)
Rescue Dawn (2007) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Nick Schager Film Project (Nick Schager)Nick Schager Film Project (Nick Schager)
Remaking Little Dieter Needs to Fly as a fictional feature always seemed a project doomed to unflattering comparisons, as Werner Herzog’s 1997 documentary about the titular German-American fighter pilot and his escape from a Vietnam POW camp remains ...read the complete Rescue Dawn movie review at Nick Schager Film Project (Nick Schager)
Rescue Dawn (2007) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Film Scouts (Jason Gorber)Film Scouts (Jason Gorber)
A very accomplished film, and Bale continues to impress with his craft. ...read the complete Rescue Dawn movie review at Film Scouts (Jason Gorber)
Rescue Dawn (2007) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Arizona Republic (Randy Cordova)Arizona Republic (Randy Cordova)
... everything about Rescue Dawn feels real ... ...read the complete Rescue Dawn movie review at Arizona Republic (Randy Cordova)
Rescue Dawn (2007) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Reeling Reviews (Robin Clifford)Reeling Reviews (Robin Clifford)
...a finely crafted work that benefits from the vision and talent of Werner Herzog. ...read the complete Rescue Dawn movie review at Reeling Reviews (Robin Clifford)
Rescue Dawn (2007) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Dallas Morning News (Mario Tarradell)Dallas Morning News (Mario Tarradell)
Rescue Dawn avoids all the land mines inherent in most war movies. There's no hero worship; no noisy, confusing, special-effects-enhanced battle scene. ...read the complete Rescue Dawn movie review at Dallas Morning News (Mario Tarradell)
Rescue Dawn (2007) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Cinepinion (Henry Stewart)Cinepinion (Henry Stewart)
Deiter's effective individualism can't help but smell of ugly patriotism...but Herzog is careful not to allow his film to devolve into the jingoistic, as it's a time when making heroic war movies is nothing short of irresponsible. ...read the complete Rescue Dawn movie review at Cinepinion (Henry Stewart)
Rescue Dawn (2007) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for EricDSnider.com (Eric D. Snider)EricDSnider.com (Eric D. Snider)
Even if this story weren't true, it would still be riveting. Herzog has found inspiration in the wilds of the jungle once again. ...read the complete Rescue Dawn movie review at EricDSnider.com (Eric D. Snider)
Rescue Dawn (2007) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
Christian Bale's performance quality is inversely proportional to his weight. He's anorectic here. ...read the complete Rescue Dawn movie review at Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
Rescue Dawn (2007) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Christian Bale, the American psycho, makes for a wonderfully obsessed Herzog protagonist. ...read the complete Rescue Dawn movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Rescue Dawn (2007) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Murphy's Movie Reviews (Ted Murphy)Murphy's Movie Reviews (Ted Murphy)
RESCUE DAWN, despite some flaws, is a damn near great movie. ...read the complete Rescue Dawn movie review at Murphy's Movie Reviews (Ted Murphy)
Rescue Dawn (2007) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Baltimore Sun (Chris Kaltenbach)Baltimore Sun (Chris Kaltenbach)
[A] lean, mean surviving machine of a film. ...read the complete Rescue Dawn movie review at Baltimore Sun (Chris Kaltenbach)
Rescue Dawn (2007) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul (--)City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul (--)
othing if not appropriate for summer blockbuster season, Werner Herzog's latest feature, based on his 1997 documentary Little Dieter Needs to Fly, offers a suitably fantastic tale of war, freedom, and fortitude, set in the ...read the complete Rescue Dawn movie review at City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul (--)
Rescue Dawn (2007) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for tonymedley.com (Tony Medley)tonymedley.com (Tony Medley)
This is the kind of film that rests on the director to keep up the pace and make what seems superhuman believable. Herzog passes muster with flying colors. ...read the complete Rescue Dawn movie review at tonymedley.com (Tony Medley)
Rescue Dawn (2007) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
This gritty tale pulls no punches in its depiction of a brutal prison in Laos and the even worse conditions outside prison in the jungle. ...read the complete Rescue Dawn movie review at Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
Rescue Dawn (2007) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia Daily News (Gary Thompson)Philadelphia Daily News (Gary Thompson)
Rescue Dawn has been compared to Vietnam-era POW movies, but as a classic study of men in captivity, surrounded by a gateless, natural prison, it's really more like Papillon. ...read the complete Rescue Dawn movie review at Philadelphia Daily News (Gary Thompson)
Rescue Dawn (2007) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
Solid viewing, if not quite on par with Herzog's best. ...read the complete Rescue Dawn movie review at Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
Rescue Dawn (2007) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Onion AV Club (Scott Tobias)Onion AV Club (Scott Tobias)
Dieter Dengler is Werner Herzog's kind of guy, a high-spirited dreamer and adventurer who has the courage to stare death in the face and not flinch. Herzog first captured Dengler's harrowing tale of survival in the 1998 documentary Little Dieter Needs To ...read the complete Rescue Dawn movie review at Onion AV Club (Scott Tobias)
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Overall Rating:
3.0813
Rescue Dawn (2007) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
Avg Critic Score:
3.0642
Rescue Dawn (2007) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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