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Welcome to Sarajevo (1997) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Welcome to Sarajevo (1997) a score of 2.8846 out of 4

based on (63) reviews

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Excellent

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Very Good

(36)

Good

(13)

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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)

Welcome to Sarajevois a powerful, compassionate drama of violent, modern-day warfare -- and of the struggle of a determined journalist to save at least one child from it.It's adapted fromNatasha's Story, a memoir by British reporter...read the complete Welcome to Sarajevo (1997) review at Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)

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Salon (Charles Taylor)

Winterbottom's film is openly a polemic. Messy and visceral, with an articulate, pointed anger that's recognizably British, Welcome to Sarajevo hits with an impact that's not diminished by the fact that Sarajevo's uneasy peace has held....read the complete Welcome to Sarajevo (1997) review at Salon (Charles Taylor)

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Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)

But bearing witness can be a complex thing and in its concern to illuminate Sarajevo is prone to overkill, to trying too hard to squeeze in every troubling wartime incident....read the complete Welcome to Sarajevo (1997) review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)