Sanctimonious sojourn in what is authoritatively called "the fourteenth worst place on Earth." (The worst? "LA, of course.") The creaky narrative skeleton is tricked out with a lot of jiggly photography and disjunctive editing for newsreel authenticity, together with a lot of certifiable atrocity footage (strong stomachs only), but slow-motion may be called upon, too, for emphatic punctuation. Winterbottom's notion of irony is the use of Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry, Be Happy" on the soundtrack

I wanted this to be so much better than it was. It was like someone took a movie Hollywood wanted to make and the movie this could have been and mashed them together into this disaster. And I think it did the movie no favours to not explain the recurring theme of Albinoni's Adagio in G, which in itself is an amazing story. What's the point of putting it into the film (which they do) without bothering to explain what it's about and why it was important?

I love the style of the film. The way they integrated the real and acted footage was seamless. The cast was also phenomenal. Surprised I've never heard of Stephen Dillane. He was simply terrific. The pacing of the film was a little slow yet the film stays engaging through beautifully shot and amazingly realistic cinematography. Everytime the film slows down you're treated with another captivating insight into Sarajevo circa 1992-93.

A pretty decent movie about a subject we don't see much about in other movies. Seems very gritty and real most of the time.

I have been interested in military history of the 20th century for a long time and I have seen a lot. But this movie just crushed me and made me cry. Everybody should see it to find out what war was really anout.

See pompousass's review.

Wants to be more and better than it is.

Most impressive combination of movie and document I have ever seen. It is the movie which will not let you sleep next night - if you have open eyes and heart...

Great film.