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Men Go to Battle

2016 · 1h 38m · N/A Drama, War, Western
Directed by Zachary Treitz

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Overview

Kentucky, 1861. Francis and Henry Mellon depend on each other to keep their unkempt estate afloat as winter encroaches. After Francis takes a casual fight too far, Henry ventures off in the night, leaving each of them to struggle through the wartime on their own.

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68%
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Rotten

As with other mumblecore projects, the plot is secondary to mood, naturalism, and the relationship between the two protagonists, but in this historical context that approach is more of a frustration than a virtue.

Tal Rosenberg, Chicago Reader
Fresh

"Men Go to Battle" isn't always effective, in that way DIY filmmaking sometimes irritates by deliberately avoiding "moments." But as an offbeat lens through which to view an oft-mined era, it has a quiet pull.

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
Rotten

The acting here, like too much of the film, ends up registering as unfortunately amateurish.

Godfrey Cheshire, RogerEbert.com
Fresh

Striking in its evocation of a demanding time and place, this intimate drama about individual and national transformation heralds the arrival of an arresting new filmmaking voice ...

Nick Schager, Variety
Fresh

Though the film never deeply transcends its basic thesis about the ramshackle lives of frustrated men, the final minutes are improbably touching for how the story eschews uplift in favor of a more honest conclusion.

Joe McGovern, Entertainment Weekly

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