Watching this documentary almost thirty years after it was made, Hearts and Minds is still filled with emotion and conveys what the great silent majority wanted to say: End the war!
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03/12/03
Hearts and Minds (1975)
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Reviews Counted:29
Fresh:28
Rotten:1
Average Rating:8.3/10
Consensus: A powerful, unflinching exploration of the Vietnam War, with first-person stories from both sides of the conflict, Hearts and Minds still hits the mark decades after its release.
Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: A landmark in documentary feature films, this Academy Award-winning documentary is an insightful critique of the US's cataclysmic involvement in Vietnam. The film exposes the duplicitous nature of... [More]
Starring: Clark Clifford, George Coker, Daniel Ellsberg, J.W. Fulbright
Director: Peter Davis
Reviews for Hearts and Minds
Now more than ever. The time has never been more appropriate for a re-screening of this Oscar-winning documentary about America's involvement in Vietnam.
03/10/03
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03/12/03
A masterful documentary, one of the most unsettling discussions of Vietnam and its aftermath ever to appear in any medium.
01/01/00
We're bludgeoned by the point of view, we don't like the feeling of manipulation we get. Yet there are scenes here of incredible power, even for a nation which watched this war on television every evening.
10/23/04
Top CriticSe na época de seu lançamento este importante filme serviu como denúncia das atrocidades norte-americanas no Vietnã, hoje funciona como triste constatação de que nada mudou.
02/09/05
A reminder of how the best documentaries can resonate years after their release.
11/12/04
It's Michael Moore's favorite documentary. See it anyway.
03/21/09
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06/27/05
Still shocking, still powerful, still prudent. What is it they say about the more things change?
04/01/06
Top CriticIf you were ultimately disappointed by the agitprop entertainment of Fahrenheit 9/11, then check out its older, wiser brother to see how a real documentary is made.
07/09/07
Quite simply, one of the greatest non-fiction films ever made.
03/20/09
The archetypal "important" documentary
06/26/02
Elicits a palpable emotional and intellectual effect...strikes the same sad note of discord thirty years later.
09/26/04
An ambitious attempt to explain American involvement in Vietnam and its consequences
09/17/02
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03/03/05
Davis’ visual argument overwhelms rationality.This was the beginning of Red/Blue antagonism -- turning benighted patriotism against an opponent’s humanity.
03/25/09
Hearts and Minds is a tough film but it is no mere rehash of sad events. It is always aware of the primacy of man when man's given even half a chance.
05/09/05
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10/30/04
Top CriticThe urgency of Hearts and Minds, its anger and its articulation, its insistence that effects of war be visible, and its cogent analysis of connections among politics, media, and the military, all seem apt lessons for today.
04/07/09
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