An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 45 wins & 63 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
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The look of Waltz with Bashir is what is most arresting. It's a deep, multi-plane style of animation that incorporates photo-real settings, realistic renderings of the people and under-animated movement, especially of faces.
– Roger Moore,
Orlando Sentinel,
16 Jul 2009
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Special, strange and peculiarly potent.
– Leslie Felperin,
Variety,
6 Jul 2010
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The message of the futility of war has rarely been painted with such bold strokes.
– Mary Corliss,
TIME Magazine,
6 Jul 2010
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These depictions of the dementia of war have a hallucinatory power that can stand alongside those of Apocalypse Now.
– David Ansen,
Newsweek,
6 Jul 2010
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Persepolis meets Full Metal Jacket in Ari Folman's powerful and original animated war film.