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A Private War
Directed by
Matthew Heineman
R
2018
1h 46m
Drama
,
War
,
and more
6.7
87%
63%
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One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontline of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.
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Cast of A Private War
Rosamund Pike
Marie Colvin
Jamie Dornan
Paul Conroy
Tom Hollander
Sean Ryan
Stanley Tucci
Tony Shaw
Corey Johnson
Norm Coburn
Greg Wise
Professor David Irens
Faye Marsay
Kate Richardson
Nikki Amuka-Bird
Rita Williams
Alexandra Moen
Zoe
Raad Rawi
Gaddafi
Hilton McRae
Adam Watkins
Jérémie Laheurte
Remi Ochlik
Fady Elsayed
Mourad
Antonythasan Jesuthasan
Tamilselvan
Pano Masti
Ignacio
Pamela Betsy Cooper
Nurse
Michael Haydon
Newspaper Editor
Imogen King
Lily Shaw
Ian Morine
Gaddafi's aid
Faraz M. Khan
Gaddafi Soldier
Gina Morrish
Mrs. Lee - Gypsy Mother
Angela Yeoh
Young Female Journalist
Nadeem Srouji
Iraqi Militia Captain
Emil Hajj
Gaddafi Translator
Wissam Tobaileh
Abu Zaida FSA Leader
Raman Srinivasan
Tamil Group Leader
Natasha Jayetileke
Sri Lanken Nurse
Amanda Drew
Amy Bentham
Tristan Tait
US Public Affairs Officer
Toma Shelmon
Iraqi Militia Corporal
Rani Jalal
Iraqi Militia Officer #1
Thaer Manakhi
Iraqi Miltia Officer #2
David Modigliani
Newscaster #1
Alisdair Simpson
Newscaster #2
Tatjana Tasic
Newscaster #3
Mo'ath Sharif
Walid
Rami Delshad
Abdallah
Bassam Hanna Touma
Faruq
Mahmoud Al Farj
Iraqi Construction Foreman
Emad Tayseer
Syrian Doctor
Maha Al Tamar
Noor
Diana Mohammad
Fatima
Ahmed Z. Yassin
Dr. Mohamed
Atef Shami
Veterinarian
Faris Kiwan
Teenage Boy's Brother
Ghandi Saber
Gaddafi Aide
Iyad Hajjaj
Iraqi Captain
Manoj Anand
Sri Lankan Hospital Patient
Michèle Belgrand
Old-Time Friend
Marie Colvin
Self (archive footage)
Anderson Cooper
Self
Matthew Heineman
Director / Producer
Arash Amel
Writer
Marissa McMahon
Producer
Basil Iwanyk
Producer
Matthew George
Producer
Charlize Theron
Producer
A Private War Ratings & Reviews
Chicago Reader
Cody Corrall
While Rosamund Pike delivers an unbeatable portrayal of Colvin, the film itself fails to say anything new about addiction or the demons she battles.
Pajiba
Kristy Puchko
Pike creates a portrayal that is full-bodied and full-blooded.
San Diego Reader
Matthew Lickona
While it occasionally pulls away from Colvin to let the nightmarish inhumanity of war provide power and feeling, it all too often relies on juiced-up expressions of humanist heroism.
Detroit News
Adam Graham
"A Private War" doesn't ask you to understand the politics of war, only the human side. And it shows the toll war takes on people's souls, most of which it never gives back.
Newsday
Rafer Guzman
An intelligent and sophisticated biopic with a tour-de-force performance from Pike.
The New Republic
Jo Livingstone
Despite the undeniably extraordinary feats that Colvin achieved in life and on the edge of death, A Private War is a hagiography that reduces a complicated woman down to trauma, booze, and typing.
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Roeper
The most surprising - positively surprising - performance in the film comes from Jamie Dornan.
Film Comment Magazine
Michael Sragow
Colvin once summarized the ultimate challenge of her missions this way: "The real difficulty is having enough faith in humanity that someone will care." A Private War is such a testament of faith.
Austin Chronicle
Matthew Monagle
Where A Private War struggles is with its own message. The film wants to shine a light on political apathy, but that message is buried beneath layers of dramatized self-destruction.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
A reporter is never the story - the story is the story. But if looking at the reporter helps you see the story, and the human beings the story is about, then the effort may be worth it. "A Private War" is worth it.
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
Heineman and screenwriter Arash Amel remind the audience not just of the humanism that drives so many reporters, but also the extreme danger they put themselves in to bring us the truth.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
A fact-based feature film both celebrating and illuminating the disappearing, dangerous art of the war correspondent.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
Pike triumphs in this emotionally and physically taxing role.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
Pike's unblinking, emphatic quality has its limitations, but by the film's midpoint she rolls with every scene. Fierce and alert, she holds the screen.
812filmreviews
Robert Daniels
While many have praised Pike's portrayal of the famed journalist, this will be a dissent. Sometimes, showy and intense are confused with great.
Rolling Stone
David Fear
As played by Rosamund Pike, Colvin is steely, stubborn, an old-school Fourth-Estater and saltier than the Sargasso Sea.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Emily Yoshida
Heineman's film is, in many ways, the movie so many people say they want: a portrait of a deeply complex, flawed, but brilliant and forceful woman.
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
In Ms. Pike's fierce yet laconic portrayal, this tormented woman commands a fateful grace under the fire that will consume her.
Slant Magazine
Jake Cole
A Private War ultimately sides with the late journalist's assertion that the whos and whys of war matter far less in journalism than finding the right human-interest angle to hook an audience.
RogerEbert.com
Nell Minow
The dramatic, personal story of Colvin herself is absorbingly told here, largely because of Pike's dynamic performance.
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