Max Manus: Man of War
Drama, History, War
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2008
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Max Manus is a Norwegian 2008 biographic war film based on the real events of the life of resistance fighter Max Manus (1914–96), after his contribution in the Winter War against the Soviet Union. The story follows Manus through the outbreak of World War II in Norway until peacetime in 1945.
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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
118 min
Release date:
18 Dec 2008
Country:
NO, DK, DE
Languages:
English, German, Norwegian, Russian, Finnish
Budget:
$6,500,000
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
12 wins & 8 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Basically a slice of formulaic Hollywood-style mythmaking, writ large and woefully empty.
– Nick Schager,
Time Out New York,
2 Sep 2010
fresh:
The destruction in Max Manus is elaborately staged by co-directors Espen Sandberg and Joachim Roenning...
– Lou Lumenick,
New York Post,
3 Sep 2010
fresh:
Has an old-fashioned sincerity that entertains without engaging.
– Jeannette Catsoulis,
New York Times,
3 Sep 2010
fresh:
The film celebrates Max's fierce patriotism, but doesn't blink at the toll his heroics took.
– Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
16 Sep 2010
fresh:
A polished and large-scale production with some rousing action sequences, the movie is certainly watchable, though no one's going to call this exciting filmmaking.
– Walter V. Addiego,
San Francisco Chronicle,
7 Apr 2011