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

Captures the complex human face of modern warfare.

| Original Score: B+ | Oct 12, 2010

Restrepo is an exercise in visceral intimacy.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 8, 2010

It is a scary, moving and troubling film.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 7, 2010

Film doesn't get more relevant.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Oct 7, 2010

Powerful, terrifying and soulful, this real-life Hurt Locker is an intimate, often brilliant insight into combat and comradeship.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 6, 2010

The camera lingers on the soldiers' smiles and tears and shows the human face of military tactics which reduce people to chess pieces.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 6, 2010

The directors were satisfied with telling us about a group of courageous, honorable young soldiers -- a salute these men richly deserve.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 12, 2010

A look at both the tragic folly of war and the camaraderie of men under pressure, the documentary Restrepo holds both hope and horror.

| Original Score: A | Aug 6, 2010

In hewing closely to the rhythms of war, Junger and Hetherington forgo different considerations about war.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 6, 2010

An example of photojournalism at its finest.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 30, 2010

The reaction of a soldier to the death of another - unvarnished, disbelieving grief so raw it's difficult to watch - is among the most moving footage of war and its cost imaginable.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 29, 2010

The relative formlessness of Restrepo is, in itself, a kind of dramatic structure. It reflects the stop-start waywardness of war in general, and of this war in particular.

| Original Score: A- | Jul 16, 2010

By keeping the focus solely upon the outpost and the soldiers who lived and fought there, the co-directors effectively seal the film off from any external influence.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 16, 2010

Though Hetherington and Junger's film doesn't ultimately have anything new to say about the nature of war, it will nonetheless have a strong impact on those of us fortunate enough to have experienced combat only in its motion-picture form.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 16, 2010

Try as it might to keep its distance from opinion and focus on the facts, Restrepo can't help leaving you with a sense of despair about the situation in Afghanistan.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 15, 2010

Hetherington and Junger's fair-minded chronicling of military experience remains a valuable piece of filmmaking, perhaps essential in reminding us of what warfare extracts from those who fight it.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 8, 2010

A riveting, you-are-there, deployment to a godforsaken place where United States troops are pinned down by enemy fire almost every day...

Full Review | Jul 1, 2010

The filmmakers call Restrepo an experimental film; and in this case, the experiment wasn't entirely successful, but it was definitely worth making.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 1, 2010

In their just-the-facts approach, the filmmakers neither pass judgment on the platoon's mission nor comment on U.S. involvement in Afghanistan. In the filmmakers' eyes, the men came, they saw, they didn't conquer; they do reflect.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 1, 2010