Though This is Not a War Story deals with trauma, there is also an underlying hope to it-that the characters it depicts might be OK, that they can learn to connect to each other, that they cannot banish their trauma, but might be able to live with it.

| Nov 22, 2021

An ambitious and thoughtful attempt to deal with veterans coming to terms with what they have seen and done.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 12, 2021

...a sobering piece that rewards a careful viewing; the heroism portrayed here is finding a way to get through the day...

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 10, 2021

A naturalistic, chat-heavy narrative that captures the difficulties wrought by the unimaginable trauma individuals face as they attempt to forge connections and find peace after war.

| Nov 4, 2021

With graceful tact, technical prowess, and a proudly assertive voice, "This Is Not a War Story" mashes real people and real worlds with loud cinematic bravado.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 1, 2021

Writer/director/star Talia Lugacy has crafted a thoroughly compelling examination of the challenges faced by veterans returning to civilian life.

| Aug 3, 2021

What This Is Not A War Story achieves is as remarkable as it is sobering.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jul 11, 2021

The film is a sort of plea to those people who often end up glorifying violence. They celebrate war heroes but never understand the trauma that goes within their shell of an existence

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 9, 2021

The standing of This Is Not a War Story as an anti-war story is never in question.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 6, 2021

This Is Not A War Story is indicting with the haze of these 'pawns' basically becoming POWs now in their own country and there are no Rambos to bring them all back

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 24, 2021

This is Not a War Story brings us the horrors of war without having to see the war itself.

| Mar 19, 2021

This is Not a War Story is a powerfully scripted and acted film and a searing indictment of how badly the system fails its veterans.

| Mar 5, 2021