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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittConcise, humane documentary.
- 100Film ThreatFilm ThreatShould become required viewing for all troubled youth, their uncertain parents, the military establishment and their detractors or supporters.
- 80VarietyKen EisnerVarietyKen EisnerRiveting and timely.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoGoodman doesn't preach or point fingers. She lets the three recruits have their say, and allows viewers to make up their own minds on the issues her film raises.
- 70Village VoiceLaura SinagraVillage VoiceLaura SinagraIf you can handle the truth, Sarah Goodman's entropic doc is as exquisite a basic training in banal U.S. Army culture as you're likely to find.
- Puts a bitterly ironic spin on the Army's best-known recruiting slogan, "Be all that you can be."
- 50The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasBy the end, even Goodman seems to have lost interest.