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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 75
    New York Post | Kyle Smith

    This documentary, which begins at a low key, gradually becomes intense and psychologically complicated. Read full review

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    An honest, on-the-ground documentary about the lives of Americans fighting there. It has no spin. It's not left or right. Read full review

  • 70
    The New York Times | Laura Kern

    Well shot but generically scored, Brothers at War has its share of potent moments, most of them with Mr. Rademacher's family in the States. Read full review

  • 63
    Chicago Tribune | Michael Phillips

    Made with the full cooperation of the Pentagon, Brothers at War makes the war on-screen seem eminently winnable, eminently noble. Rademacher's desire to prove himself to himself, and to his soldier brothers, may stir different reactions among different audience members. And that's as it should be. Read full review

  • 60
    New York Daily News | Elizabeth Weitzman

    He does accomplish his main task, to take us into places civilians rarely go, and give witness to the immense challenges soldiers like his brothers face every second they're required to be at war. Read full review

  • 60
    Los Angeles Times |

    Rademacher's vigorous commitment to making the documentary, as well as to his large, close-knit family, deserves respect. Read full review

  • 60
    Variety |

    Provides some interesting perspectives but also veers dangerously close to vanity project. Read full review

  • 50
    The Onion A.V. Club | Nathan Rabin

    It's practically a feature-length infomercial for the military. Read full review

  • 50
    Washington Post |

    There are much better Iraq documentaries than this one, but Brothers at War distinguishes itself by peering out over the emotional chasm between soldiers and their families. Read full review

  • 50
    Village Voice |

    I can, however, object to the bathetic, misty score and the endless close-ups of American babies to remind us "what we're fighting for"--and to the filmmaker's belief that support for our troops and support for their mission are one in the same. Just because Rademacher believes his film to be "non-partisan" does not make it so. Read full review

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