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Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (15)

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (15)

Drama, War

19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks the film shows what really happened to his squad - contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.

The critical consensus

Ultimately, the cruel juxtaposition of dark personal angst and glitzy red, white and blue exteriors provides the film's single ideological punch, thrown by Lee in spectacular style.

***(*)(*)Eddie Harrison, The List, 06/02/2017

With the frame-rate experiment abandoned, Lee’s late-entry, reverse-engineered Iraq piece is exposed as a flawed work held together by Alwyn’s tender presence.

***(*)(*)Ian Nathan, Empire Online, 07/02/2017

The real quality of Billy Lynn is in its storytelling and acting, not in the gimmickry of the cinematography.

****(*)Geoffrey Macnab, The Independent, 08/02/2017

Interesting, but not a film for which Lee will be remembered.

***(*)(*)Adam Nayman, Little White Lies, 09/02/2017

A sincere, thoughtful film that never catches fire.

***(*)(*)Allan Hunter, Daily Express, 10/02/2017

Ang Lee turns in an uninteresting comment on the US misadventure in Iraq, with the story of a soldier whose PTSD is triggered at a Texan football game.

**(*)(*)(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 09/02/2017

Ang Lee’s novel attempt at capturing PTSD mars this version of Ben Fountain’s novel about a young soldier with divided loyalties.

***(*)(*)Wendy Ide, The Observer, 12/02/2017

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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