They Shall Not Grow Old: reviews
Reviews
7.6 1 vote
What the critics say average 8.0 from 4 outlets
- 10 The GuardianPeter Bradshaw
An immersive deep-dive into what it was like for ordinary British soldiers on the western front [...] As an act of popular history, 'They Shall Not Grow Old' is outstanding
Read - 7.6 The Hollywood ReporterStephen Dalton
'They Shall Not Grow Old' is a superb technical achievement. Perhaps more importantly, it also suggests new cinematic methods of rescuing history from history books, humanizing and dramatizing true stories with a modest injection of movie-world artifice.
Read - 7.5 VarietyGuy Lodge
Jackson has found fresh, humane purpose to his ambitious technical artistry, opening up any number of exciting, slightly terrifying possibilities in the realm of archival documentary
Read - 7.0 IndiewireMike McCahill
The resulting montage-film does its utmost to honor the conflict?s fallen [...] By liberating this footage, and holding it up to 21st century light, his project renders all that was old in a jolting, powerful new context.
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Questions about the reviews of They Shall Not Grow Old
- What score does They Shall Not Grow Old have?
- Readers give it 7.6 (1 vote). The critics, 8.0 on average from 4 reviews.
- What do the critics say about They Shall Not Grow Old?
- The highest score is The Guardian’s (10) and the lowest Indiewire’s (7.0).