1991. Harrison Lloyd, a renowned photojournalist covering the war in Yugoslavia, is reported missing. Sarah, his wife, convinced that he is not dead, decides to go to Bosnia to find him.
Director Elie Chouraqui, who co-wrote the script, catches the chaotic horror of war, but why bother if you're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera?
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
15 Mar 2002
fresh:
A powerhouse of a film about modern journalism and war.
– Loren King,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Jul 2002
rotten:
The movie too often works against itself, pitting an increasingly implausible story with Chouraqui's hard-core realism.
– Robert Denerstein,
Denver Rocky Mountain News,
9 Aug 2002
rotten:
Visceral, unrelenting, affecting and, as often, exasperating.
– Manohla Dargis,
L.A. Weekly,
20 Jan 2003
fresh:
Provides powerful drama thanks to its trenchant core story and harrowing re-creation of the brutal chaos of war.