Review of Flags of Our Fathers (2006) by Anthony D — 25 Apr 2013

Well made film. Story was hard to follow at first but, then it picked up. Powerful story.

This review of Flags of Our Fathers (2006) was written by Anthony D on 25 Apr 2013.

Flags of Our Fathers has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Flags of Our Fathers

Review of Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

By Ian Buruma (13) for The New York Review of Books (223) on 22 Aug 2018

Eastwood does manage to provide a hint (and a hint is all that is feasible) of the way war affects an ordinary soldier: the terror, the cruelty,…

Read Review

Review of Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

By Don S (1,504) on 25 Apr 2015

A bit long, but it still held my attention throughout. The acting is above average and the story is worthwhile…

Read Review

Review of Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

By Geo333 (93) on 13 Apr 2022

A great film I thought I was not going to like, but it's a great film about veterans and the things that they go thru post-war that is still…

Read Review

Review of Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

By Steve G (1,301) on 23 Oct 2017

This movie has a strong cast of war movie veterans, but it really doesn?t feel like it was very well put together…

Read Review

Review of Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

By Garrett C (538) on 03 Sep 2016

Flags of Our Fathers made me look at war and heroism differently, which is pretty darn astonishing given just how many war films and books…

Read Review

Review of Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

By Jon F (352) on 23 Oct 2017

This movie has a strong cast of war movie veterans, but it really doesn?t feel like it was very well put together…

Read Review

Review of Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

By Gavin M (668) on 24 Jan 2015

Although it lacks the amazing Iwo Jima landing scene violence of HBOs miniseries The Pacific, Flags of our Fathers covers most of the battle…

Read Review

Review of Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

By Fritz F (126) on 04 Jun 2015

The storytelling is a little weird, and the tone seems to change at parts…

Read Review

Review of Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

By Ariel H (102) on 14 Dec 2014

My favorite time period to study is WW2…

Read Review

Review of Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

By Rick Groen (1,350) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 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…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of The Queen (2006)

By Howardhughes (1) on 14 Oct 2006

Horrible. No other word can describe this movie…

Read Review

Review of Anna and the King (1999)

By The Critic ( (601) on 07 Apr 2012

A far departure from previous incarnations, this one focuses on Louis, the Prince, and an irritating monkey…

Read Review

Review of Sommersby (1993)

By J K (1,547) on 15 Apr 2007

A horrible chick flick disguised as a western…

Read Review

Review of Hollywoodland (2006)

By Jocastat. (1) on 12 Sep 2006

Absolutely atrocious. The script was banal and general, and really told no particular story whatsoever. A two hour meander…

Read Review

Review of Heavenly Creatures (1994)

By Carlos R (1,175) on 14 Sep 2010

This film has little enough charm: it's overlong, character development is replaced by screaming and girning…

Read Review

Review of Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

By Garyl. (2) on 02 Feb 2007

Clint Eastwood somehow over looked the fact that From the invasion of China in 1937 to the end of World War II, the Japanese military regime…

Read Review

Review of First Blood (1982)

By Klay F (59) on 14 Apr 2010

Well ... I have a brother so I had to see this kind of movies in my childhood lol…

Read Review

Review of The Fountain (2006)

By Steve Rhodes (1,488) for Internet Reviews (1,487) on 18 Nov 2006

Pretentious, preposterous and painfully bad, The Fountain is by far the worst film in an atrocious year…

Read Review

Review of The Prestige (2006)

By Emirbud (12) on 08 Dec 2013

I am outraged that this movie received a single, let alone 447 positive reviews…

Read Review

Review of The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)

By Hassan (5) on 16 Dec 2006

Just the same boring scene repeated over and over. We all know how it's going to end so why not explain the characters…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Mad Max: Fury Road

2015

83%1,378 Reviews

Top Gun: Maverick

2022

82%272 Reviews

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

2021

66%228 Reviews

The Judge

2014

67%866 Reviews

Parasite

2019

87%251 Reviews

Midsommar

2019

69%207 Reviews

Love

2015

54%174 Reviews

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019

81%344 Reviews

Ford v Ferrari

2019

81%171 Reviews

Bullet Train

2022

66%170 Reviews