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By Maitland Mcdonagh (2,150) for TV Guide Magazine (2,375) on 26 Nov 2004

Bleak, darkly humorous and surprisingly unsentimental, Michael Winterbottom's film has the desperate air of a cri de coeur, and unlike many…

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By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 26 Oct 2004

In keeping with this background, the movie boldly incorporates actual newsreel footage - with authentic images of human suffering, some of…

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By Luke Y. Thompson (1,447) for New Times (467) on 16 Jun 2004

Good set-up; less pay-off than I'd hoped…

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By Stanley Kauffmann (447) for The New Republic (897) on 19 Sep 2003

It keeps the gag quotient lower than Reds but has a similar effect: more urgent in its desire to make us care about the events it depicts,…

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By Tom Meek (408) for Film Threat (5,156) on 27 Jul 2002

The result is crisp, brutal and utterly inspirational…

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By Lisa Schwarzbaum (1,672) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 07 Jul 2002

The power comes from Winterbottom's rigorous sense of storytelling, which manages to show and tell terrible tales without telegraphing emotionalism…

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By Lael Loewenstein (88) for Boxoffice Magazine (2,896) on 04 Jun 2002

It's an extraordinarily affecting, personal, and at times uplifting tale…

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By Charles Taylor (365) for Salon.com (2,725) on 24 Nov 2001

Winterbottom's film is openly a polemic…

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By Stephen Hunter (927) for Washington Post (9,851) on 24 May 2000

And, while there's nothing revolutionary or extraordinary about the dramatic narrative, the subtext gives Winterbottom's movie its force…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 01 Jan 2000

Welcome to Sarajevo isn't just the story of an outsider's perspective of the conflict; it's a compelling examination of the role the media…

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By Dennis Schwartz (5,456) for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (5,456) on 01 Jan 2000

This film offers an honest portrait of the media in action, as it also depicts a public that is more interested in being entertained than being…

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By Marc Savlov (2,019) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 01 Jan 2000

Brings up some hard questions about the sheer impossibility of foreign corespondents remaining true to their journalistic neutrality in a war zone…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 31 Oct 1999

But bearing witness can be a complex thing and in its concern to illuminate Sarajevo is prone to overkill, to trying too hard to squeeze in…

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