Armadillo 2010

A.O. Scott, New York Times: You emerge shaken and bothered, which may sound like a reason not to see the movie. It is actually the opposite. Read more

Eric Hynes, Time Out: It's a sickening but stunning portrait of combat that looks past notions of bravery or brutality, guilt or innocence, to bear witness to a thoroughly besieged humanity. Read more

Scott Tobias, AV Club: What's interesting about Armadillo's subjects is how differently they and their American counterparts perceive the war... Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: It's alluring to watch. Read more

Ray Bennett, Hollywood Reporter: When the bombs go off and the bullets start flying, Metz and his cameraman provide a real-life vision of what a hurt locker is really all about. Read more

Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: The movie's strength and audacity comes from the Danish soldiers, who confront civilians with wariness or bluntness, exalt in their victories and hesitantly exhibit fear in each others' company. Read more

V.A. Musetto, New York Post: There's little new in "Armadillo." Read more

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: A mesmerizing, beautiful and terrifying documentary that can stand among the greatest war movies ever made. Read more

Guy Dixon, Globe and Mail: This is filmmaking of great skill, in documenting what soldiers themselves say are conditions that no one on the outside can really understand. Read more

Dave Calhoun, Time Out: What Metz gives us is an unusually intimate portrait of the cycle of arrival, survival and departure experienced by soldiers on a six-month tour of duty. Read more

Linda Barnard, Toronto Star: Lets the soldiers tell their stories by the way they live day-to-day during their tour of duty. Read more

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Mark Holcomb, Village Voice: While much of Armadillo echoes last year's Restrepo, the unprecedented access of director Janus Metz and cameraman Lars Skree reveals the alternating waves of frontline tedium and terror with fresh immediacy. Read more