Review of Above and Beyond (2015) by Annapatrix — 13 Sep 2015

A very interesting history. A must watch movie for everyone.

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This review of Above and Beyond (2015) was written by Annapatrix on 13 Sep 2015.

Above and Beyond has generally received positive reviews.

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By Sam Weisberg (60) for Village Voice (8,525) on 30 Jan 2015

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These fond recollections of derring-do hail from a different era, and the movie’s one-sided view of history is bound to start arguments…

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By Wes Greene (110) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 26 Jan 2015

It may channel the loose, adrenaline-fueled lives of pilots, but the film's inconsistent, often impassive study of this intriguing real-life…

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By Ronnie Scheib (420) for Variety (12,700) on 31 Jan 2015

Above and Beyond reps an uneasy combo of two very different kinds of documentary, one of them personalizing the past and the other “objectifying”…

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By Sheri Linden (962) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 05 Feb 2015

Grossman doesn't step back for a broader, contextualizing view of the Middle East; the film contains a single comment on the 1948 war's ramifications…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 28 Jan 2015

A moving and entertaining documentary about the young international volunteers who dashed to Israel in 1948 to create an Israeli Air Force…

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