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Badland (2007) Rank 2 Reviews
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New York Times (Matt Zoller Seitz)
The mawkish yet weirdly mesmerizing film Badland is independent in scale but aggressively Hollywood in storytelling. ...read the complete Badland movie review at New York Times (Matt Zoller Seitz)
Boxoffice Magazine (Jay Antani)
From top to bottom, Francesco Lucente's Badland is an example of such terminal awfulness that writing about it is as exasperating as watching it. After being dishonorably discharged from service in Iraq (for reasons Lucente, in an inept narrative ...read the complete Badland movie review at Boxoffice Magazine (Jay Antani)
TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)
Clocking in at just under three hours, writer-director Francesco Lucente's earnest attempt at making an Iraq War-era Coming Home says many things at once without much perspective or clarity. ...read the complete Badland movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)
Monsters and Critics (Ron Wilkinson)
Exploiting what it is supposed to renounce, "Badland" combines a dreadfully long and dull screenplay and extremely plain surroundings to make a well-meaning anti-war film you'll want to miss. ...read the complete Badland movie review at Monsters and Critics (Ron Wilkinson)
Los Angeles Times (Kevin Thomas)
"Badland" strikes like a bolt of lightning out of nowhere. This modest-budget picture with starkly effective Canadian locales standing in for Montana and Wyoming arrives with scant notice, no major studio campaign or big-name cast, but it unflinchingly ...read the complete Badland movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kevin Thomas)
The Hollywood Reporter (Michael Rechtshaffen)
When the picture gets around to its calculated socko ending, the viewer has long been pummeled into a state of numbness. ...read the complete Badland movie review at The Hollywood Reporter (Michael Rechtshaffen)
Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf)
One of the most troubling emerging stories from the disastrous Iraq misadventure that goes beyond the casualty list of American servicemen killed is the enormous number of returning veterans physically or psychologically maimed. This background gives ...read the complete Badland movie review at Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf)
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