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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.
Contains scenes of brilliance, interrupted by scenes that meander. There is too much, too many characters, too many subplots. But there is so much here that is powerful that it should be seen no matter its imperfections. Read full review
The film collapses because Lee can't sew these vignettes into a seamless tapestry. He's more interested in getting even than he is in getting it right. Read full review
Aspires to be epic, but mostly it's just unfocused, sprawling and badly in need of editing. Read full review
It is in the fragile bonds that form between the black soldiers and the Italian villagers that Miracle at St. Anna breaks free of its own grandiosity and tells a grounded, moving, human story. Not a miracle by any means, but an earthy inquiry into death, duty, friendship and honor. What we've always wanted from war movies. Read full review
Miracle isn't powerful, it's muddled and diffuse. Read full review
Odd too, for a film that wants to correct impression anyone had as to the abilities of black U.S. soldier in combat, are the ethnic cliches about Italians and Germans, to say nothing of rednecks. Read full review
The movie winds up a casualty of schmaltzy, patronizing sentiment on the one hand and overweening ambition on the other. Read full review
Pedestrian and awkward, this film is a disappointment not only in comparison with Lee's earlier epic, the underrated " Malcolm X," but also in comparison with another film with similar aims, Rachid Bouchareb's "Days of Glory." Read full review
The first and most honest thing to say about Miracle at St. Anna is that it's an awful mess. Read full review
This is a sloppy stew in which the ingredients of battle action, murder mystery, little-kid sentiment and history lesson don't mix well. Read full review
4.5
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...plots and flashbacks and more plots. Read full review