75 Washington Post | Michael O'Sullivan Moving without being melodramatic, War of the Buttons is a tale of the worst -- and the best -- that people of all ages are capable of. Read full review
60 NPR | Ella Taylor War of the Buttons deftly folds France's unsavory collusions into a rather more rousing tale of resistance. I don't doubt that some of these heroics happened. But the way they're framed conveniently takes the edge off saying sorry. Read full review
50 San Francisco Chronicle | Amy Biancolli To be fair, War of the Buttons is a film with a modest agenda. It does not attempt to provide a complete or even vaguely realistic depiction of the rural French resistance in the endgame to World War II. Instead, it provides a fable. Read full review
50 Boston Globe | Tom Russo But when there's such a lighthearted, boys-at-play manner about the story's established aspects, it creates an odd disconnect from the World War II tolerance lessons that the filmmakers seek to add. War and persecution are bad, kids - except when it's all in good fun. Read full review