Review of Flags of Our Fathers (2006) by Rick Groen for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) — 14 Nov 2015
Eastwood keeps retracing the same pattern, intercutting from the battlefield to the bond circuit, from the appalling chaos where no one feels heroic to the catered dinners where heroism is the dessert that sweetens the mood and opens the chequebooks.
By now, though, the twinned structure seems fragmented, and neither half gets a chance to gather any emotional momentum or to further develop the theme.
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This review of Flags of Our Fathers (2006) was written by Rick Groen and published by The Globe and Mail (Toronto) on 14 Nov 2015.
Flags of Our Fathers has generally received positive reviews.
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