No Man's Land 2001

Critics score:
93 / 100

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Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: The film would have been a stunner under any circumstances, but with the situation in Afghanistan and the Middle East worsening on a daily basis, No Man's Land feels even more relevant. Read more

Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: [A] stunning farce... Read more

Jane Sumner, Dallas Morning News: The acting's so strong and the dialogue so realistic, that it feels authentic. Read more

Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: An explosively suspenseful, deeply moving dark comedy and an astonishingly assured fiction debut from Tanovic. Read more

Stephen Holden, New York Times: Seems ... deeply and painfully authentic. Read more

John Anderson, Newsday: Scathingly tense, blackly funny and ultimately indelible. Read more

Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: Tanovic, himself a war veteran, expertly twists us within the dilemma while avoiding easy answers. Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Part of what makes No Man's Land so effective is a take-no-prisoners sense of humor that is characteristically Balkan. Read more

Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: It's hard to believe this is writer-director Danis Tanovic's first feature fiction film. Read more

Paul Tatara, CNN.com: A worthwhile little picture with a true sense of humanity running through it. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: A merciless and mirthlessly funny antiwar weapon from a filmmaker who has seen battle firsthand and has lived to make art from memories of hell. Read more

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: A skillfully wrought, if somewhat predictable, farce involving belligerent opponents, blundering international peacekeepers and excitable journalists. Read more

Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: A strange and disturbing film, but it is not without a stirringly humanist compassion even at its most outlandish and outrageous. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: An eloquent anti-war testimonial, it paints a bleak picture of how there is no simple answer to deeply-rooted hatred. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: A bleakly funny parable that could be titled Between Enemy Lines. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: One of the most remarkable films of the year. Read more

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Mike Clark, USA Today: The movie's insights let the movie get away with its wartime irreverence. Read more

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J. Hoberman, Village Voice: Tanovic is sometimes glib, but he makes his points with admirable visual restraint. Read more