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By Brent Simon (1,142) for FilmStew.com (638) on 08 Dec 2006

Rather than merely toil in action theatrics, Zwick has consistently explored the interstices of war and honor, and the way in which sense of…

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By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 08 Dec 2006

The early portions... especially the scenes of little boys being brainwashed and bullied by their RUF captors, are harrowing…

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By Kit Bowen (393) for Hollywood.com (1,014) on 08 Dec 2006

Blood Diamond maintains a certain level of intensity that will certainly stir the soul and perhaps inspire activism…

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By Peter Howell (1,731) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 08 Dec 2006

Blood Diamond is redeemed by its solid performances. Chiefly from DiCaprio, who is having a great year, and Hounsou, who is dignity incarnate…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 08 Dec 2006

Director Edward Zwick tried to make a great movie, but somewhere in the process he forgot to make a good one…

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By David Elliott (754) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 08 Dec 2006

Director Edward Zwick, whose movies tend to preen, swell and stretch, pushes lengths past the obvious emotional closure and moral payoff…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 08 Dec 2006

DiCaprio is terrific, but he can't save this lecture from the shame of using Africa as a vehicle for another white man's redemption…

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By Pam Grady (384) for Reel.com (1,232) on 08 Dec 2006

This unwieldy mix of action, romance, and politics collapses under the weight of its high-minded ambitions and questionable story…

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By John Hartl (735) for Newsweek (1,534) on 08 Dec 2006

It all pays off in the second half, as the characters are fleshed out in ways that didn't at first seem possible…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 08 Dec 2006

Hounsou's paternal ferocity and DiCaprio's ruthless toughness provide the fire Blood Diamond needs more of, to burn away the script's political…

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By Liz Braun (961) for Jam! Movies (2,396) on 08 Dec 2006

Blood Diamond works because of the performance from DiCaprio, which is stunning. Talk about rising about the material…

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By Amy Biancolli (582) for Houston Chronicle (970) on 08 Dec 2006

Blood Diamond was directed by Edward Zwick, a staunchly mainstream filmmaker who seems most at ease with the language of epic storytelling…

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By Liam Lacey (1,725) for Globe and Mail (2,419) on 08 Dec 2006

The combination of DiCaprio's soulful, self-effacing work in Scorsese's The Departed, and this unexpectedly complex portrait in a simple-minded…

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By Terry Lawson (645) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 08 Dec 2006

Blood Diamond has been directed with energy and style by Edward Zwick, who has a long and mostly impressive history of finding large audiences…

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By Robert Denerstein (1,148) for Denver Rocky Mountain News (608) on 08 Dec 2006

At its best, Blood Diamond makes the sorrow of Sierra Leone's exploitation (by just about everyone) palpable…

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By Mary F. Pols (536) for Contra Costa Times (478) on 08 Dec 2006

Connelly exudes fiery intelligence and integrity, while DiCaprio jumps into their verbal sparring matches with the aplomb of Humphrey Bogart…

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By Abbie Bernstein (403) for iF Magazine (71) on 08 Dec 2006

At its best, Blood Diamond gives a sense of the sheer nightmare chaos of civil war, with no safety in any direction and irrational, furious…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 08 Dec 2006

As an entry in the advocacy-entertainment genre, in which glamorous movie stars bring our attention to the plight of the less fortunate, Blood…

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By Eric Melin (822) for Scene-Stealers.com (667) on 08 Dec 2006

Conversation sounds like it is coming from the screenwriter and not the characters…

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By Rob Thomas (1,118) for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (875) on 08 Dec 2006

A serious Hollywood entertainment that keeps an audience rapt in their seats for almost 2 and a half hours and then sends them out the door…

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