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By Andrew Sarris (502) for New York Observer (1,400) on 06 Dec 2006

It is clearly one of the biggest surprises of this overcrowded holiday season, and certainly one of the most emotionally rousing entertainments…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 06 Dec 2006

Another attempt to convey the torment of post-colonial Africa that doesn't fulfill its ambitions…

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By Josh Larsen (2,042) for Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (630) on 06 Dec 2006

Zwick's ... argument holds water, but his storytelling suffers - largely because 'Blood Diamond' tells the wrong story…

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By Sean Burns (1,156) for Philadelphia Weekly (778) on 05 Dec 2006

As usual, Edward Zwick stumbles upon a really good idea for a movie, and then so thoroughly botches the execution that you're ashamed to still…

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By Nathan Lee (205) for Village Voice (8,525) on 05 Dec 2006

De Beers can relax; the only indignation stirred up by Blood Diamond won't be among those who worry about where their jewelry came from, but…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 04 Dec 2006

DiCaprio is the Marlon Brando of our time…

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By David Denby (676) for New Yorker (1,403) on 04 Dec 2006

Essentially a romantic adventure story with politics in the background--an old-fashioned movie, I suppose, but exciting and stunningly well made…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for Lessons of Darkness (465) on 03 Dec 2006

Zwick may as well have titled his newest action-adventure The Constant Gardener II: Diamonds Are Forever, as it peddles the same distasteful,…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 03 Dec 2006

One of the best films of 2006 -- opens our eyes to the bloody brutality of civil war, corporate malfeasance, and the training of child soldiers…

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By Andrea Chase (1,182) for Killer Movie Reviews (1,182) on 03 Dec 2006

These characters aren't the icons they might have been had the scripting not let them down at every turn, instead they are clichés…

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By Jules Brenner (885) for Cinema Signals (847) on 02 Dec 2006

Though overwritten and slightly misguided, a stimulating action and character script dramatizes the greed and corruption in the African diamond…

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By David Poland (216) for Movie City News (162) on 02 Dec 2006

This is the worst of Ed Zwick's films... utterly unfocused, trying to shove virtually every White Man In Africa stereotype in the movie book…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Compuserve (1,948) on 01 Dec 2006

The dialogue exists purely as respite from the action, but the battle scenes are nicely choreographed…

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By Sheri Linden (962) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 01 Dec 2006

To the unlikely role of a Bogart-esque reluctant hero, Leonardo DiCaprio brings an intensity that compels even when the script falters…

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By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 15 Nov 2006

Part a social-issue film about the trade of conflict diamonds, part a sentimental father-son melodrama, and mostly an old-fashioned adventure…

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