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Badland (2007) Rank 1 Reviews
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Film Journal International (Eric Monder)
Badland is like a post-9/11 Best Years of Our Lives. Here, a soldier tries to readjust to civilian life after a tour of duty, but his experiences are much more harrowing than anything that happens in that solemn World War II classic. Director Francesco ...read the complete Badland movie review at Film Journal International (Eric Monder)
Variety (Robert Koehler)
It's a long and winding road for a depressed, distressed Iraq war vet in "Badland," a strenuously solemn film that wants to create some kind of American pastoral tragedy out of the nation's current angst with the war. But whatever dramatic values are ...read the complete Badland movie review at Variety (Robert Koehler)
New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
Possibly the worst idea for a movie this century. ...read the complete Badland movie review at New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
Slant Magazine
Badland may have seemed less derivative were it not for the decision to ape its title after Terrence Malick's Badlands, a great film this flimsy wartime diatribe calls out to in hopes of claiming its own legitimacy (it may be unfair to judge any film ...read the complete Badland movie review at Slant Magazine
Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
Some good performances. But, the overall disturbing atmosphere of the film is more than I prefer. That said, I appreciate the effort to raise awareness of PTSD. ...read the complete Badland movie review at Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
New York Post (Kyle Smith)
THE year's dullest movie has arrived: the deeply silly "Badland," which is as dead as winter and twice as long.
British actor Jamie Draven plays Jerry Rice (Joe Montana would have been a better name for this Heartlandville, USA, type), an Iraq war ...read the complete Badland movie review at New York Post (Kyle Smith)
The New York Times (Matt Zoller Seitz)
“Badland,” a melodrama by the writer and director Francesco Lucente, stands apart from the recent throng of post-9/11 dramas by posing a burning question we haven’t heard yet: Can a mentally ill Iraq war veteran who murdered his pregnant wife and tw ...read the complete Badland movie review at The New York Times (Matt Zoller Seitz)
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