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Plot:
Vietnam War vet Costner must deal with a war of a different sort between his son and their friends, and a rival group of children. He also must deal with his own personal and employment problems that ...( read more 
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MCT:July 26, 2008What an honest, clear, true film. Right from the heart. Amazing performances, exciting plot twists, not in the tiniest bit predictable, althought does fall in some "americanized" cliches. But alltoghether, an absolute masterpiece with a rewarding ending.
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MCT:July 6, 2008Not exactly cheerful, but the atmosphere feels authentic and the performances of Elijah Wood and Kevin Costner are superb
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MCT:June 27, 2008I loved this film. The acting was terrific! (My compliments to Costner and Wood) It tore at my heart in some parts which just comes with good directing, and in the end gave me a sense of 'the simple life'.
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MCT:May 14, 2008
An awsume movie even thuogh i didn't get to see a sertain part of it. The movie rocked. But the end is a sad happy one.
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MCT:April 10, 2008
This Move uis A Part Of Schoo, But When I See This Move I Fell Like Heliping And Make A Good Since. Well This is About Not Other Move Have War Vs. Non War. And is A Good Move. And The Music Is Much As A Sound Like Train & Drams. And Make A Good Famiy And Lean About New Life. What The Bad Boy Are Not good. And Lean is More Better. And I Sae 4 Starts Out of 5.
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MCT:March 8, 2008
I cried during this moving story, and although in general the reviews were not all favorable, Elijah Wood´s work was definitely the best and is amazing for such a young actor.
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MCT:March 7, 2008Ok this has got to be one of the only movies I hated with Elijah Wood in it. This movie just sucked.
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MCT:January 14, 2008
If you enjoyed "Stand by me"You will like this one. Nice narration into yesteryear set in 1970 during the Vietnam War. A soldier comes home and has a hard time providing for his family. Pulls at your heart strings.
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MCT:September 12, 2007
Also one of my favorites tells the story of a man who was away in a mental instituion after being in the war and he comes home tries to work and tries to teach his children right from wrong. The kids make this a fun movie so much action around a tree house and how it gets built and the war the kids have over it and close call for one of the little kids a bid on a house and some tragic moments worth seeing the movie
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MCT:August 17, 2007
Deep, beautifully crafted film--lives of children interact with rowdy bullies, share life-building lesson.
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MCT:July 28, 2007
absolute classic... if you like forset gump... then you will love this.
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MCT:July 18, 2007
I rented this film because Kevin Costner was in it and was blown away by the story, the acting and how it didn't need to focus on the adults. The kids took centre stage and had no problems in knowing what to do with it. One to watch
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MCT:July 2, 2007
The War expertly delivers the moral that fighting never solves anything.
Kevin Costner plays a Vietnam vet who lost everything, including his sanity and his best friend, because of the war.
Set in 1970, it has been several years and many jobs since he returned from Vietnam. Having spent time in a mental hospital due to waking dreams and nightmares, he can't get a government job.
Now he's trying to teach his son, Stu, the lesson about war that took him so long to learn. He also has to keep believing that anything is possible and that the government is not really the bad guy, even if it appears responsible for the family's economic situation.
Later in the film, Stu loses faith in what his father taught him. Together with his sister and their friends, they stage an elaborate war against some neighbouring kids over a treehouse. The insanity of the treehouse war gets to all of them until one of the kids almost dies.
The story is well written and directed towards sentimental audiences. About the only problem I have with this story is that it's told through Stu's sister, Lidia, as it's meant to be her memoirs, except she's not even in or around more than half the scenes in the movie. It is also interesting that this story is told from a child's point of view and the only adult character even remotely developed is Costner's.
Director Jon Avnet (Fried Green Tomatoes) has done a great job with camera shots during the war scenes and getting the adrenaline pumping during two death-defying scenes atop a water tower. His direction is also superb. I had a problem only with the flashback scenes to the war, during which I couldn't distinguish between Costner's voiceover (telling the story to his son) and his voice in the flashback itself.
Elijah Wood, best known for his work in The Good Son, delivers a superb performance. It's clear that this kid is definitely going places. He is, without question, the real star of The War.
Costner delivers a better performance than usual, and actually gets into character some of the time, but is still outshone by his co-star.
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MCT:May 10, 2007
This movie was sooo funny... The actors and actress (children) were remarkably halariously funny... It also had it's defining moments that has a lesson to us all. I could watch this movie over and over and over ect.....
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MCT:May 7, 2007
Another one of my favorites! Elijah Wood is great! "But I'm gonna let it go this time, but you're on probation and don't think I'm gonna forget about it neither!"
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MCT:April 27, 2007
im not a great fan of costner, but this film is more an epic than dances with wolves and water world combine. amazing movie, highly recomended!!!!!!!
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MCT:April 12, 2007
some of the kids in this movie are pretty funny.......good show overall but the kids made the movie I think
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MCT:April 2, 2007
A wonderful film teaching the virtues of kindness and the importance of family as opposed to the realities of war and violence. All the cast add their own unique qualities to this wonderful film and that makes it a joy to watch.
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MCT:March 29, 2007
I really loved this one. The bad neighbor kids were supposedly hired to help Elijah and others learn the accent. One of the kids you may know as the Paul Walker replacement in Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift and he steals some scenes. Good battle and a great story.
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MCT:March 24, 2007
Quite an emotional film showing the consequences war has, not only on the soldier, but on those that are close to the soldier too. A story of hardship.
Elijah Wood proves, at such a young age, what a powerful actor he is. I hope he gets some equally as emotional roles in his adult life and doesn't simply get the stamp as being in LOTR.
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MCT:March 21, 2007
this happens to be one of my fave movies of all times about the effects war has on people of all ages and what causes that rage...despair...and eventual understanding inside.
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MCT:March 17, 2007
Elijah Wood is such a powerful actor, I can never watch this movie without being moved by his performance. A great movie that never gets old, I highly recommend it.
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MCT:March 16, 2007
This movie is wonderful. Elijah Wood gives an excellent early performance. And, Lexi Randall is awesome too!
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sarnessposted 105 days ago -
This movie was halarious..The children actors and actress's did an outstanding job.. I laughed so hard at the Lipnikkie's that I replayed the littlest Lipnikkie over and over...." I don't give a ding diggley ding diggley ding diggley dong !!.. The movie defintely had it defining momemts... And for me it all hit home for me
Andrea H.posted 516 days ago
