"A coolly elegant kineticist, Kathryn Bigelow specializes in impressionistic phallus jostles." - Fernando F. Croce

Big breakout performance (Oscar nominated) for Jeremy Renner. It didn't garner its best picture Oscar simply because of its anti-war sentiments. It is remarkably beautiful in its grittiness, and heartwarming and touching in its personal touches. It is a hold-your-breath, edge-of-your-seat, suspenseful movie. The best Iraqi War movie to date, and one of the top war movies of all time.

Some real tense moments, but the homo-erotic army guy who can't cope in the outside world stuff was obvious and not interesting. Generation Kill is way better.

Enjoyability 15/25 Visuals 13/15 Audio 4/10 Acting 10/10 Story/Plot 24/25 Production Values 10/10 Intuitiveness/Ambitiousness 5/5 Bonus 8/10

An awesome war movie full of suspence about a bombsquad in Iraq. Beautiful camera shots and great acting make for a nice movie to watch. Kudo's to Jeremy Renner's performance.

I am not sure but seems like I missed everything that people are/were raving about this movie. I believe this is one of the overrated movie of last year. It definitely doesnt deserve an Oscar. I just felt this movie was a whole bunch of scenes just thrown into a melting pot. The picturization and some of the performance is good but apart from that the movie is extremely weak. The movie is just plain repetitive there is not depth in the story. Overall a disappointing movie.

a well written, acted, and all around produced film. also this movie depicts an aspect of war in our age now not well depicted--disarming bombs. it's a good movie, but if you're looking for all out combat it's not to be found here--look to a different war for that.

A timely exploration of character that works (well) as a suspense film.

Excellent movie, very realistic, seems shorter than it is, sends a good message about war and the people who fight it.

what a dissappointment, even when you don't have an expectation...

Incredible tension - the first time I took a breath was 20 minutes in - that's hard for a film to do.

I just don't get the love. I understand there was no way the Academy was going to let Avatar win (nor should it have) but I could come up with at least 6 more deserving films that were also nominated.

I always wondered what it would be like if Call of Duty: Modern Warfare was real.

So far, the best fiction films about the Iraq War are Nick Bloomfield's Battle for Haditha, Irwin Winkler's Home of the Brave and John Moore's allegorical Flight of the Phoenix remake. It's sufficient praise to say The Hurt Locker joins that short list.