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By Mark S (2,772) on 06 Apr 2015

Simple story,well made,I liked it...but it's nothing to jump up and down about…

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By Daphne C (21) on 05 Apr 2015

Very powerful movie, based on a true story of a man who searches for his missing sons. Great performances, great story, very well-done…

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By Ben V (500) on 05 Apr 2015

Even though quite a sad story. Really acted well and really well made. I really liked it…

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By Yasser R (7) on 05 Apr 2015

Russell Crowe makes a fine directorial debut in this WW1 Australian/Turkish story…

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By David C (2,598) on 04 Apr 2015

One scene in this movie really stands out. Heart wrenching. The direction felt soft, the acting was good, the story was excellent…

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By Mad M (980) on 04 Apr 2015

Fascinating story set in and after the Great War…

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By Andy Lea (545) for Daily Star (403) on 04 Apr 2015

The romance feels a bit tacked on but Crowe clearly knows how to direct a battle scene…

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By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 04 Apr 2015

While the heartless Brit caricatures may be an accepted genre staple, the smouldering cultural exchanges between a fiftysomething Oz farmer…

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By Charlotte O'sullivan (637) for London Evening Standard (2,015) on 02 Apr 2015

This handsome, earnest bit of piffle not only stars Russell Crowe but marks his directing debut…

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By Allan Hunter (1,486) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 02 Apr 2015

Sometimes it works but more often it just feels corny and obvious…

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By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 01 Apr 2015

For his directing debut, Russell Crowe tells a story so compelling that it almost obscures the rather clunky filmmaking…

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By Adam Smith (163) for Radio Times (2,421) on 01 Apr 2015

Russell Crowe makes a sure-footed if unadventurous debut as director with this tale…

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By Geoffrey Macnab (1,253) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 01 Apr 2015

Russell Crowe's directorial debut is a solid, old-fashioned piece of film-making set in Australia and Turkey during the First World War and…

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By Kate Muir (612) for Times (UK) (2,458) on 01 Apr 2015

Russell Crowe's first effort as a director provides four movies for the price of one…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 01 Apr 2015

This is a sugary drama, in which Crowe's big emotional moment looks as if some assistant director applied a trickling tear to his cheek with…

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By Donald Clarke (1,051) for Irish Times (1,391) on 01 Apr 2015

If you are in search of national mythologies on the grandest scale, nothing will beat the scene in which Russell takes on a small army with…

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By Emma Simmonds (380) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 01 Apr 2015

Sadly, it's only the ludicrous moments that really stay with you…

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By Stella Papamichael (611) for Digital Spy (1,161) on 01 Apr 2015

[Crowe] has taken some easy shortcuts, but his future in directing looks bright as the Anatolian sunrise…

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By Tim Robey (1,578) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 01 Apr 2015

Crowe mounts the story in square, gruffly emotive fashion, but his best achievement is wrestling with a truculent, famously thin-skinned leading…

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By Stefan Pape (613) for HeyUGuys (1,461) on 01 Apr 2015

The story is remarkable and profound, however the way the tale has been presented and told is too cliched, devaluing the poignancy attached…

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