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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 28 Aug 2009

For my money, Bigelow says more about the agony and tragedy of war than all those earnest, well-meaning movies that sound as if they've been…

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By Sukhdev Sandhu (247) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 28 Aug 2009

A super-sharp, nerve-shredding thriller that reveals more about the realities of contemporary military conflict than most documentaries…

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By Kingsley Marshall (3) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 28 Aug 2009

The action itself is episodic, with every ounce of tension eked from some stunning set pieces where lingering shots accentuate the bleak cinematography…

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By Boyd Hilton (6) for Heat Magazine (77) on 28 Aug 2009

A stunningly realistic, thrillingly intense depiction of extraordinary men carrying out one of the toughest jobs imaginable, graced with a…

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By Jonathan Dean (62) for Total Film (3,532) on 28 Aug 2009

Bigelow makes a welcome return with a thrilling, edgy and, yes, explosive film about the toughest job in the world. What's The Hurt Locker…

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By Keith Stuart (3) for Filmstar Magazine (47) on 28 Aug 2009

Free of liberal hand-wringing and quasi-political subtext, The Hurt Locker is an adrenaline-drenched war thriller which uses a conventional…

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By Allan Jones (2) for Uncut Magazine [UK] (201) on 28 Aug 2009

One of the greatest American films of the decade, certainly the best American movie since There Will Be Blood, shocking, overwhelming and…

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By Mark Adams (368) for Sunday Mirror (UK) (89) on 28 Aug 2009

An amazingly powerful movie that will leave you reeling. This mustsee movie is dazzlingly well made…

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By The Sneak (24) for The Sun (UK) (932) on 28 Aug 2009

What pushes The Hurt Locker up to top marks is the absence of politics…

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By Nigel Andrews (1,359) for Financial Times (1,822) on 28 Aug 2009

The film sweats out its truth from its central character…

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By Anthony Quinn (478) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 28 Aug 2009

There will be other challengers in time, but so far The Hurt Locker is easily the best film to come out of the Iraq war…

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By Allan Hunter (1,486) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 28 Aug 2009

A film that offers an intense personal perspective on the reality of an adrenaline-rush existence lived in the full knowledge that every day…

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By Larushka Ivan-Zadeh (441) for Metro (UK) (700) on 28 Aug 2009

Director Kathryn Bigelow brilliantly surfs a line between challenging, realistic grit and Hollywood thrills, her gripping buddy movie all the…

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By Andrew O'hagan (40) for London Evening Standard (2,015) on 28 Aug 2009

Bigelow crowns several decades of excellent artistic enquiry with a film that everybody should see…

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By Tom Howard (10) for FHM [UK] (16) on 28 Aug 2009

Most poignantly, it offers a different perspective on the war to the generally negative one on the news…

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By Rich Cline (3,056) for Shadows on the Wall (2,096) on 28 Aug 2009

A film that often makes us flinch from the screen, mainly because of a superbly layered performance by Renner…

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By Robbie Collin (1,612) for News of the World (402) on 28 Aug 2009

This electrifying thriller about a US Army bomb disposal squad working in Baghdad isn't just one of the best films of 2009…

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By Grant Lauchlan (65) for Daily Record (UK) (215) on 28 Aug 2009

Please give director Kathryn Bigelow an Oscar for direction which pulls the audience into the heart of the story…

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By Alistair Harkness (1,042) for Scotsman (1,471) on 28 Aug 2009

[Bigelow's] docu-drama realism complements her cinematically staged action sequences, giving the whole film an exhilarating but believable…

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By Louis Proyect (533) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 10 Aug 2009

Don't believe the hype. This is a cliche-ridden mess which treats Iraqis like zombies or creatures from outer space…

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