Junger and Hetherington have created one of 2010's best documentaries and an easy frontrunner for an Best Documentary Oscar Award this year.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 21, 2020

Hetherington thinks...this can be done without calling the war by its proper name, which greatly weakens his endeavor, despite all the heroics and good intentions...

| Aug 18, 2020

Junger and Hetherington create the doc equivalent of this year's gripping war movie The Hurt Locker, as they embed us in the boredom, sheer chaotic terror and macho camaraderie of soldiers from the Second Platoon...

| Jun 10, 2020

Restrepo does well to show the hell of war and the destruction it will bring upon the lives of so many young men.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 24, 2019

It's been a long time since journalists have shown combat so close up; it's possible that it has never been shot so intimately. There's nothing prurient or exploitative or glorifying or even editorial about it. The camera is there. We are there.

| Aug 29, 2018

The unnerving thousand-yard-stare of McDonaugh is impressively disturbing, but the constant anxious smile of Cortez carries a haunting emotional impact.

| Dec 14, 2017

Junger and Hetherington developed a deep sense of connection with these young men... The connection is what gives this film such power. This is war. There's no political viewpoint, no narration... you're just there with the soldiers.

| Nov 16, 2017

No one in Restrepo analyzes the war in Afghanistan in political terms or even describes it in terms of goals larger than the day-to-day mission. And yet, simply by bearing witness, the movie is a call to action.

| Mar 16, 2015

its most emotionally raw moments are indicative of their military subjects' exceptional comfort level with their observers ( ... ) the arid yet woody outcroppings high above the valley are an intriguing new terrain

| Nov 13, 2013

Restrepo succeeds as both a remarkable piece of cinma vrit documentary filmmaking and a tribute to the soldiers who are put through hell.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 20, 2011

Restrepo captures the physical trauma and psychological torment that forms the essence of the 'War is Hell' mantra, regardless of which flag you fight under.

| Feb 7, 2011

Everything about the way this film is shot, edited and packaged scream of a desire to show the war exactly as it is.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Feb 1, 2011

Restrepo avoids political discussion. It just revels in the heroism of these impossibly young, brave soldiers who follow orders that at times seem pointless because following them is what their country has asked them to do.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 31, 2011

Though the movie tries not to make any kind of commentary, it's clear: this is just another reminder as to the utter pointlessness of this war.

| Jan 27, 2011

"Restrepo" puts a new face on the war in Afghanistan. A decidedly American face. Paul Chambers, CNN.

| Original Score: A- | Jan 26, 2011

Reminds us that wars are fought by individuals, not faceless armies.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Dec 28, 2010

Despite being a moving reminder to support our troops, Restrepo cannot help but be "Exhibit A" in the case against the unwinnable "War on Terror."

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 26, 2010

Restrepo comes closest of any film I've seen to fully suggesting what being a soldier is like.

| Original Score: 10/10 | Nov 26, 2010

The madness of warfare is starkly presented here, as dozens of questions potentially run through the viewer's mind.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Nov 22, 2010

Despite disclaimers by the directors that this is not a "political" movie, "Restrepo" is one damned good reason to get the hell out of Afghanistan NOW.

| Nov 15, 2010