Critic Reviews

• Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

  Stodgily structured by intercutting grisly stock footage with talking heads and muddy videos of Poets Against the War events, Voices in Wartime isn't nearly as cinematically inspiring as many of the poets it brings to light.

• Tom Keogh, Seattle Times

  An overview of the historic relationship between war and poetry.

• Jonathan Curiel, San Francisco Chronicle

  An important new documentary that looks at the ways in which poetry helps people come to terms with conflict.

• Sheri Linden, Hollywood Reporter

  A stirring testament to the search for meaning.

• Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times

  Voices in Wartime is a thoughtful, provocative exploration of the ways poets have dealt with the experience of battle throughout history.

• Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post

  It's interesting that, in a documentary about war poetry that supplements literary readings with the occasional use of exceedingly bloody archival war footage, the words more than hold their own against the pictures.

• Maria Garcia, Film Journal International

  An absorbing and eye-opening documentary about war poetry.

• Tim Appelo, Seattle Weekly

  One of the most original war movies ever made. Men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there.

• Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly

  The film's self-limiting pacifism precludes a closer look at the poetry of war, which is not synonymous with poetry against war.

• Peter Canavese, Groucho Reviews

  Making poetry cinematic requires greater imagination than King evinces...If the medium isn't always as sturdy as the message, that's a fault that can be readily overlooked.

• Jonathan W. Hickman, Entertainment Insiders

  ...fascinating and extremely literate documentary Voices in Wartime manages to present the poet's position on war without turning completely into an anti-Bush film.

• Ken Fox, TV Guide's Movie Guide

  Filled with some of the most powerful poetry and shattering images ever to come out of warfare.

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