Adam Beach, Barry Pepper, Jamie Bell
"Flags of Our Fathers" is a human drama of friendship and love, sacrifice and manipulation, set against the violent conflict of the battle of Iwo Jima. The film focuses equally on the war and home, cr...( read more
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DVD Release Date: February 6, 2007
Stats: 11,360 reviews
Flixster Reviews (11,360)
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July 7, 2009
I was surprised by this cast of actors especially Adam Beach's performance. The war Scenes are amongst the best ever made, very cool to watch with some fantastic imagery.
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April 11, 2009
barry pepper is in it so that's worth a star instantly. aside from that it's about propaganda and the need for heroes when the soldiers are simply trying not to get themselves or their buddies killed. harrowing, realistic direction from clint
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February 18, 2009
''They may have fought for their country but they died for their friends. For the man in front, for the man beside him, and if we wish to truly honor these men we should remember them the way they really were, the way my dad remembered them.''
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December 28, 2008
"A Single Shot Can End The War"
Clint Eastwood's adaptation of the non-fiction book Flags of Our Fathers concerns the lives of the men in the famous picture of soldiers raising the American flag over Iwo Jima during that historic WWII battle. Battle scenes are intercut ...( read more) -
November 6, 2009
Falls under the category of "Clint Eastwood filmed this so I must see it"
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September 20, 2009
The first movie of Clint Eastwood's two movies about the 1945 American attack on the Japanese island Iwo Jima. This movie is seen from the perspective of the Americans.
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September 16, 2009
Flags of Our Fathers tells the true story about the battle held between American and Japanese soldiers in the island of Iwo Jima during WWII from the American perspective. The film has a great direction and good visual and sound effects, but it is extremelly patriotic and felt th...( read more)
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September 10, 2009
Good initial idea, but they finally obtained a film that lacked rhytm and didnīt use montage properly. It can sound strange, but the main point is the so light script, what happens could be told in one line, and that way itīs difficult to make a story. Conclusion, an original ini...( read more)
Critic Reviews
An exciting, thought-provoking and moving motion picture experience. full review
[Flags] fits into Eastwood's late-in-life agenda -- to make violence, even in self-defense, seem soul-killing, and to expose the gulf between reality and myth. After this, how can we ever again make o... full review
Flags of Our Fathers is as painstaking as a documentary but without the satisfaction of a documentary or the impact of a drama. full review
Flags of Our Fathers may well be an accurate depiction of war-zone tumult and its psychic wounds, but that does not make for a cogent narrative. full review
The flaws in Flags of Our Fathers are at least partly attributable to Eastwood's attempts to do too much. Still, even when he overreaches, he somehow hits the mark. full review
It is one of the year's best films and perhaps the finest modern film about World War II. full review
Eastwood's skeptical film is respectful of the patriots who gave everything in the service of their country, but it pointedly leaves the flag-waving to others. full review
Flags of Our Fathers is a film of awesome power and blistering provocation. full review
Comments
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March 12, 2009Gonna see the japanese film. Puts me off watching subtitles all the time though, thats the only problem.
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August 27, 2008Based on the book by James Bradley ....(Directors: Clint Eastwood & Steven Spielberg) Wonderful tribute to the men who died & who survived WW II in Japan. Story deals with the ceremonial welcome and publiciity surrounding the "heroes" of that war, cerntering on the lives of a choice few of these fine men.
Adam Beach portrays an Indian hero and survivor with fellow solidiers Harry Pepper (The Green Mile, Battlefield Earth), Jamie Bell, (King Kong, Undertow), Jesse Bradford (Heights, Eulogy, Hackers), Neal McDonough (The Guardian, Walking Tall) & Paul Walker. Tale is told from each of the perspectives & their familes......Robert Patrick (Terminator II, Walk the Line) has a short role as a Captain in this film. -
July 19, 2008is a pretty interesting view of the history of the boys that raised that famous flag
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November 30, 2007I really love this movie and how it shows a side to the war we rarely think of.
is it just me or does Ryan Phillippe look like Channing Tatum? -
July 7, 2007I really liked the movie... I can see where they were coming from with the Heros... that they weren't but those who gave their lives were...
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Show great respect for anyone serving our country... whether for the war or not...
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April 24, 2007A little long but true to the time period..and a nice perspective, narrated by one of the soldier's children! Based on the book by James Bradley (Directors: Clint Eastwood & Steven Spielberg) Wonderful tribute to the men who died & who survived WW II in Japan. Story deals with the ceremonial welcome and publiciity surrounding the "heroes" of that war, cerntering on the lives of a choice few of these fine men. Adam Beach portrays an Indian hero and survivor with fellow solidiers Harry Pepper (The Green Mile, Battlefield Earth), Jamie Bell, (King Kong, Undertow), Jesse Bradford (Heights, Eulogy, Hackers), Neal McDonough (The Guardian, Walking Tall) & Paul Walker. Tale is told from each of the perspectives & their familes......Robert Patrick (Terminator II, Walk the Line) has a short role as a Captain in this film
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April 7, 2007i loved this movie because i got to learn more about my great uncle John Brabley who was one of the flag raisers at Iwo Jima.
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October 28, 2006I'd LOVE to see this movie. My Grandpa fought on Iwo Jima...of 300-something guys in his "company" as they call it, only 12 came back alive...and my Grandpa was one of them. Trips me out...incredibly heartbreaking to think of it.
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