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1917

1917

Score: 5.97 / 10

Release Date: January 10, 2020
Director: Sam Mendes
Producer: Brian Oliver, Callum McDougall, Jayne-Ann Tenggren, Pippa Harris, Sam Mendes
Studio: Universal Pictures
Starring: George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Richard Madden, Claire Duburcq, Colin Firth, Benedict Cumberbatch, Nabhaan Rizwan, Pip Carter, Andy Apollo, Paul Tinto, Josef Davies, Billy Postlethwaite, Gabriel Akuwudike, Spike Leighton, Robert Maaser, Adam Hugill
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 119 minutes

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1917 movie reviews

  • 2

    1917

    Tuesday, January 21, 2020 5:02:39 PM | (Age Not Specified)

    I love a good war movie. This was horrid. The story line is not much. Most of the movie was about showing corpses everywhere in every imaginable condition. If you like that see this movie. It reminded me of a C grade Audie Murphy cowboy movie except it was a war movie, not believable and disjointed. Again in a movie, the Germans couldn't hit a barn door from 20 yards with a bazooka. Come on, a bucket of cow's milk available for a baby but all the artillery was destroyed? Do not believe the critics, they need to get some real honest evaluations and actually watch the movie instead of following other critic's opinions - a waste of my time. The popcorn was excellent though!

  • 4

    1917

    Tuesday, January 21, 2020 4:22:02 PM | (Age Not Specified)

    Boring. Not what I expected.

  • 9

    1917

    Tuesday, January 21, 2020 12:52:23 PM | (Age Not Specified)

    Very artistic and realistic

  • 9

    1917

    Monday, January 20, 2020 9:18:47 PM | (Age Not Specified)

    The re-creation of the trenches, no man’s land and period accurate wear are to be commended. The movie walks a fine line rather well telling a plausible plot and a few rather suspect scenarios

  • 4

    1917

    Monday, January 20, 2020 2:01:40 PM | (Age Not Specified)

    SLOW-the last 10 minutes ALMOST made it a worthwhile use of my time. Don't pay attention to the rave reviews like I did.

  • 8

    1917

    Sunday, January 19, 2020 11:12:43 PM | (Age Not Specified)

    Difficult to believe entire basis of story, that trench runners would be asked to cross enemy front lines to deliver a message. Could have been dropped by plane in 10 minutes. But there would be no movie then. Unbelievably, you also wont believe the first 75 minutes of the movie takes place in REAL .time. There are no edits or cuts. Everything had to go perfectly!! That alone is worth the price of admission. Impossible to imagine how non stop filming was done in a WWI battlefield environment. Watch and marvel. The movie itself was also captivating, as long as you remember this is an attemp to depict a supposedly true story told by the directors actual WWI experience.

  • 9

    1917

    Sunday, January 19, 2020 7:57:33 PM | (Age Not Specified)

    Amazing

  • 10

    1917

    Sunday, January 19, 2020 7:23:44 PM | (Age Not Specified)

    i like the movie because in the short span of this movie ...i get the sense of how possibly it was like for the individual soldier in the trenches. The tedium most of the time for the soldier in the battle area with the constant fear of being killed at any time.

  • 7

    1917

    Sunday, January 19, 2020 1:54:42 PM | (Age Not Specified)

    very slow and boring, its like you are there dealing with with sporadic action just like in the trenches

  • 9

    1917

    Sunday, January 19, 2020 1:51:03 PM | (Age Not Specified)

    A beautiful movie that only an adult mind can appreciate.