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By Redshadowhat (11) on 31 Dec 2012

One of the best movies about the Nazis and Jews Ive EVER seen! Craig did an excellent job…

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By Nathan Rabin (1,078) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 13 Oct 2012

There are lots of movies about Jews suffering, dying, and surviving in Europe during World War II, but precious few about Jews fighting back…

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By Lou Lumenick (2,103) for New York Post (6,650) on 10 May 2012

This promising premise is turned into basically an overgrown TV movie…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 13 Feb 2012

As a drama - an epic drama, no less, clocking in at 137 minutes - its fascination is diffused, and the movie becomes something of a long slog…

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By Avatar16 (95) on 23 Jan 2012

Les InsurgÃ©s Ã©tait sur le papier un sujet en or, surtout s'il se trouvait entre les mains d'un rÃ©alisateur comme Edward Zwick…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 27 Nov 2011

It's a heroic story, and Zwick frames it rather too strenuously as an antidote to the generic Holocaust stories of Jewish passivity and martyrdom…

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By Asylumspadez (158) on 26 Nov 2011

Far too long and would have been a bit better if it wasnt. Solid acting by the main cast as well…

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By Qadosh (20) on 26 Oct 2011

I give this movie a such a high ranking, because it was an incredibly true story that I feel was acted out very well…

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By Bob Mondello (417) for NPR (1,713) on 11 Oct 2011

It's an inspiring story, if one that doesn't need quite as much poetic inspiration as Ed Zwick's movie insists on giving it, with dialogue…

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By Grandpajoe6191 (625) on 26 Sep 2011

I don't understand the decent reviews. Daniel Craig gives his best in Defiance, as well as Edward Zwick…

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By J-Shap (90) on 25 Aug 2011

A remarkable true story is left as a rather pedestrian and uninspired action flick in the hands of director Edward Zwick…

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By Lomarg (11) on 12 Aug 2011

Not great, but a good portrayal of an amazing true story. Get's better as the movie progresses. Beautiful snow scenes contrast the horror…

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By Michael Sragow (1,413) for Baltimore Sun (1,823) on 20 Jun 2011

The movie leaves you in an awful tangle of amazement and disbelief: Amazement that Tuvia Bielski did turn a group of civilians into a nimble…

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By Charlottep (24) on 12 Apr 2011

Somewhat manipulative but nonetheless quite engrossing film; it's based on such an incredible true story only astonishingly inept direction…

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By Jp992751 (47) on 26 Jan 2011

A pretty good movie about Russian Jews (hadn't really thought much about Russian Jews) during WWII…

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By Michael Rechtshaffen (1,086) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 01 Oct 2010

That butting of heads, as performed by actors as strong and soulful as Craig and Schreiber, lends Defiance an emotional charge, even as the…

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By Nf123 (19) on 18 Aug 2010

Irritating and self important. The Bielski brothers deserved better! The main problems lie in it's melodrama…

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By Carlost (2) on 01 Aug 2009

This was an extremely compelling story to tell, but subpar acting is what mostly kept it from being great…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for The New York Times (9,847) on 09 Jul 2009

Defiance presents itself as an explicit correction of the cultural record, a counterpoint to all those lachrymose World War II tales of helplessness…

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By Eliasc (22) on 27 Jun 2009

Very good thoughtful film. Good acting. A story, though simplified here, that needs to be told…

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