Waltz With Bashir
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Reviews Counted:121
Fresh:116
Rotten:5
Average Rating:8.3/10
Consensus: A wholly innovative, original, and vital history lesson, with pioneering animation, Waltz With Bashir delivers its message about the Middle East in a mesmerizing fashion.
Genre: Education/General Interest
US Box Office: $2,126,007
Synopsis: In reflecting upon his time spent in the Israeli army, filmmaker Ari Folman has produced WALTZ WITH BASHIR, a profoundly moving antiwar meditation that is equal parts personal memoir, history... [More]
Director: Ari Folman
Reviews for Waltz With Bashir
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You're constantly aware of the fluidity of memory, without being seriously distracted by it. Full Review |
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The state-of-the-art animation is spellbinding and worthy of big screen viewing. But it's a harrowing, heavy-going work that will leave you as shell-shocked as its soldiers. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Waltz with Bashir is a brilliant piece of work and I never want to see it again. Full Review |
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4/5 |
It is an autobiographical quest, an immersion in memory and history that leaves a remarkable, lingering impression. Full Review |
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The most interesting aspects of this auto-biographical work in filmmaking terms is the storytelling style that Ari Folman has chosen, which enables him to show things like his dog nightmares as well as atrocities and violence in a way live action can not Full Review |
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Pensive and melancholy, this haunting and remarkable film from Ari Folman hones in on memory and how stimulating triggers unlock a traumatic war-experience previously blocked by the subconscious. Mesmerising cinema Full Review |
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Pensive and melancholy, this haunting and remarkable film from Ari Folman hones in on memory and how stimulating triggers unlock a traumatic war-experience previously blocked by the subconscious%u2026 Mesmerising cinema Full Review |
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There’s something about this type of animation that adds another dimension entirely to the exploration of images and memory, it’s very haunting. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Waltz is a challenging film in the best sense of the word. It asks questions about the nature of memory and life during a time of war without providing any pat answers. Full Review |
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An arresting concept, yet the resulting film is skimpy, numbing, and less searching than it believes it is Full Review |
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4/5 |
Click to read the article Full Review |
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it feels like a fever dream, but moves forward with the churning internal logic and dogged persistence of a mystery-thriller Full Review |
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5/5 |
Folman's personal journey to recover/understand his own memories in the context of a great national nightmare is a unique, arresting documentary that will stick with you for a good long while. I was so glad I was able to see it. Full Review |
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Par le biais d'une approche filmique unique et novatrice, Ari Folman dresse un portrait sensible, effrayant et révoltant de la guerre. Full Review |
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5/5 |
O último segundo de filme justifica, por si só, a necessidade inconsciente do cineasta em reprimir suas próprias lembranças. Full Review |
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5/5 |
An extraordinary work of art that commands you to watch it more than once, and reveals itself anew each time you see it. Waltz With Bashir is a rare masterpiece that must be treasured. Full Review |
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B+ |
A thoughtful and original piece, revisiting the traumatic effects of the war in Lebanon in 1982. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
...a jarring and devastating animated documentary that explores the psychological trauma inflicted by warfare as well as any live-action war epic I've seen. Full Review |
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The Oscar-nominated "Waltz With Bashir," by Israeli filmmaker Ari Folman, is a dream-like movie, told in unique animation, about the horrors of war. Full Review |
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This darkly serious film is a glaring example of the wide gap in cinematic taste between American and European audiences. Full Review |
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