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By Nick Rogers (786) for Suite101.com (114) on 08 Oct 2008

Lee shows a knack for combat scenes and both the brutality and brotherhood of man…

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By Bruce Feld (62) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 07 Oct 2008

Brilliant homage to the Buffalo Soldiers during World War II may be Spike Lee's most powerful film…

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By Frank Wilkins (257) for ReelTalk Movie Reviews (1,771) on 02 Oct 2008

Miracle at St. Anna' tells a story of friendship and of getting beyond race and prejudices... about helping one another in the midst of war…

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By Austin Kennedy (419) for Sin Magazine (286) on 01 Oct 2008

This isn't on the same caliber as SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, but really, what is? This is a decent war movie that should satisfy most fans of the genre…

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By Tim Brayton (2,283) for Antagony & Ecstasy (1,911) on 29 Sep 2008

A messy patchwork of ideas spinning off every which way...but failing to be good doesn't mean that it's not interesting…

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By Jeff Bayer (445) for The Scorecard Review (437) on 29 Sep 2008

Half way through it becomes clear the ending doesn't matter compared to the journey, I just don't know if Spike Lee feels the same way…

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By Jeanne Aufmuth (581) for Palo Alto Weekly (965) on 29 Sep 2008

Maudlin climax leaves a treacly residue of exaggerated valor and sentiment…

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By Sean Gandert (81) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 28 Sep 2008

The combination of Lee's concerns for his characters' depictions with Disney's concerns for mass-market appeal ends up pleasing no one…

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By Todd Hertz (75) for Christianity Today (953) on 28 Sep 2008

Miracle doesn't seem to have any one point of view, and without a united, central perspective to hold things together, the storyline feels…

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By Peter Paras (106) for E! Online (838) on 28 Sep 2008

It's uneven but often powerful, two things we've come to expect from director Spike Lee…

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By Larry Ratliff (323) for San Antonio Express-News (323) on 28 Sep 2008

Lee shows his grittiness by allowing everyone to speak in their native languages. My hat's off to him for that…

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By Kam Williams (1,272) for NewsBlaze (855) on 27 Sep 2008

An overdue history lesson about the indelible stain left by Jim Crow on the conflicted minds of black men forced to wage a white man's war…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 25 Sep 2008

There's enough here to make a thrilling, dynamic and even moving war movie, if only Lee could have kept his excesses out of the way of his…

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By Sara Michelle Fetters (1,688) for MovieFreak.com (1,674) on 25 Sep 2008

The long and the short of it is Lee and McBride plant the seeds of something incredible, they just forget to add the requisite nurturing and…

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By Kevin Carr (1,610) for Film School Rejects (1,198) on 25 Sep 2008

Lee's intention was to show the contributions of African American soldiers…

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By Wilson Morales (206) for BlackFilm.com (211) on 25 Sep 2008

At the end of this nearly three hour movie, what you have is a noble attempt thwarted by uneven artistic choices…

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By Carla Meyer (580) for Sacramento Bee (806) on 25 Sep 2008

The momentum increases considerably in the final hour of this 2-hour, 40-minute film, when Lee combines action and emotion in a way that makes…

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By Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) (2,277) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 25 Sep 2008

I admire his passion and technique, but I hope he rediscovers the discipline that made movies such as The Inside Man so good…

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By Geoff Berkshire (602) for Metromix.com (1,085) on 25 Sep 2008

Finds Lee surprisingly off his game with an ambitious project that aims big but achieves little…

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By Noel Murray (1,901) for AV Club (2,778) on 25 Sep 2008

Miracle At St. Anna stabilizes after an outright awful first hour, and becomes merely a middling war movie with a heightened social consciousness…

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