Flags of Our Fathers

Flags of Our Fathers

War • R • 2006 • 2 hr 15 min

6.5

7.1

Starring

Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, John Benjamin Hickey, John Slattery

Directed By

Written By

William Broyles Jr., Paul Haggis

Attributes

Slow Dark Watch By Myself

Genre

War Drama History

Release Date

October 19, 2006

User Reviews

I liked it, but it was sub-par considering the director's other work. 6/10

Really slow bit tells a story you'd probably never hear otherwise.

Interesting war movie that’s well crafted and acted, beautifully shot. Worth seeing

An alright movie. Personally I wasn’t super impressed

An amazing homage to the men who raised that flag

Slow for the most part but gives important details of the history.

Not as good as Letters from Iwo Jima but still watchable

U.S. citizens can segregate even war heroes just by the color of their skin

A nice war picture but its plentiful patriotism ruins some of the fun. The twin movie about the Japanese was better.

1st half almost on a par with saving private Ryan, but lost its way in 2nd half, still worth watching but fizzledout abit. slow & thoughtful

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6.5 – Based on 2k ratings

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