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By Edward Havens (184) for FilmJerk.com (622) on 24 Jun 2009

Bigelow has successfully built a vision of war rarely seen on screen, a visceral nearly first person perspective of war where the rush of combat…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 24 Jun 2009

this is without a doubt director Kathryn Bigelow's best film to date, one which should be Oscar nominated in every category it's eligible for…

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By Alonso Duralde (1,351) for MSNBC (243) on 24 Jun 2009

The kind of uncompromising movie that any politician who claims to support the troops while extending the war and cutting funds for veterans…

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By Geoff Berkshire (602) for Metromix.com (1,085) on 24 Jun 2009

Don't be afraid to dive right in for a harrowing, credible and astonishingly made portrait of bravery and brutality…

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By Chris Cabin (484) for Filmcritic.com (3,164) on 24 Jun 2009

Understands the key element in modern warfare: chaos reigns supreme…

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By Amy Nicholson (961) for I.E. Weekly (269) on 24 Jun 2009

Our American love for mavericks is bound to get tied in knots watching James' cavalier approach to everyone's death. He's a hero and a menace…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for BrianOrndorf.com (1,055) on 24 Jun 2009

Hurt Locker is a superb achievement that not only constructs some of the finest suspense set pieces of the year, but manages to find compelling,…

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By Armond White (604) for New York Press (561) on 23 Jun 2009

So far, the best fiction films about the Iraq War are Nick Bloomfield's Battle for Haditha, Irwin Winkler's Home of the Brave and John Moore's…

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By Edward Douglas (1,395) for ComingSoon.net (2,031) on 22 Jun 2009

A brilliantly realized character-driven thriller likely to leave a lasting impression and make you completely forget everything you thought…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for Lessons of Darkness (465) on 21 Jun 2009

Harrowing and horrifying, The Hurt Locker delivers the visceral, heart-in-throat action goods, and in doing so, gets at more truths about Iraq…

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By Marshall Fine (1,011) for Hollywood & Fine (854) on 21 Jun 2009

There's more tension in this gripping tale than in the waistband of Oprah's skinny jeans ... which is pretty freakin' tense…

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By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 15 Jun 2009

After some disappointing films, the gifted Bigelow puts to excellent use her strongest skills in this thrillingly kinetic, tightly-focused,…

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By Joshua Tyler (625) for CinemaBlend (829) on 15 Jun 2009

A wrenching rush of adrenaline set in a never-ending cycle of occupation and struggle and ever-increasing tension…

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By Wesley Morris (1,967) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 06 Apr 2009

In The Hurt Locker, the thrill is unexpectedly contagious…

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By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 05 Jan 2009

Such is the extraordinary achievement of The Hurt Locker: it has the perspective of years when those years have yet to pass…

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By Fionnuala Halligan (367) for Screen International (2,241) on 17 Oct 2008

The Hurt Locker probably isn't the 'great' Iraq film which will finally move audiences into theatres but it does play out like fragments of one…

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