Flags Of Our Fathers

2006
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132 mins
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Follows the story of six soldiers, who became famous via an ultimately iconic photograph. It was taken on Mount Suribachi,... More

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Flags Of Our Fathers | Ratings & Reviews

"Ambitiously tackling his biggest canvas to date, Clint Eastwood continues to defy and triumph over the customary expectations for a film career in "Flags of Our Fathers." A pointed exploration of heroism, the picture welds a powerful account of the battle of Iwo Jima, the bloodiest single engagement the United States fought in World War II, with an ironic and ultimately sad look at its aftermath for three key survivors..."

VarietyVariety

"Clint Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers does a most difficult and brave thing and does it brilliantly. It is a movie about a concept. Not just any concept but the shop-worn and often wrong-headed idea of "heroism." ..."

Hollywood ReporterHollywood Reporter

"Flags of Our Fathers is a film of awesome power and blistering provocation. An amazing feat, since Eastwood is tied to the nonfiction best seller that James Bradley wrote about his father, John “Doc” Bradley, the last survivor among the six soldiers who raised the flag on Iwo Jima..."

Rolling StoneRolling Stone

"Flags of our Fathers really loses its way in the final half-hour, when the point-of-view abruptly shifts to James Bradley (played here by Tom McCarthy), who takes on the role of narrator, informing us of what happened to each of these men after the war ended and their names became yesterday's news. It's a jarring switch..."

Premiere MagazinePremiere Magazine

"It eschews Saving Private Ryan's neatly rounded moral shape because Eastwood, sensibly, asks more questions than he answers. He [Eastwood] has made a flawed movie, but it has the seeds of greatness in it..."

New Zealand HeraldNew Zealand Herald

"What Flags of Our Fathers is not, however, is moving, evocative, or very unique..."

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Flags Of Our Fathers | Details

Runtime
132
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Country of origin
Iceland, USA

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