No Man's Land (2001) - User Ratings and Movie Reviews

brilliant, by alex

By , April 11, 2004

One has to know the Serbs, Bosnians and Croatians to fully understand the situation. The movie makes its point in showing the absurdity of the war, in particular of a war where sometimes former friends were spotting each other over the barrel of a gun. The idea is great and the situations are very realistic. The earned Academy Award was awarded with good reason for the depiction of the clash of all european cultures and mentalities in a strange situation, in weird times.

, by leila

By , January 10, 2004

I don't agree that No Man's Land is not worth oscar. As for Amelie, I didn't think she could win, but neither I did for this movie. It's about happenings during the war in Bosnia. I think the movie is very well made. like, despite war, especialy in the beginning, there's no lack of comic situations, like the 'who started the war' conversation. but as the thing get (even more) complicated, you see what usually happens. There's also the situation between two men. about trust between people. you can see situation when someone has a gun and someone doesn't. you see that people can't change others.

I dont agree, by Madhu

By , November 21, 2003

The movie has combined drama and humour to make it more real. It is not supposed to hit you with the depressing aspects of war that has bombarded us over and over again. It is supposed to give you the message (which it does very effectively). AS for the Oscar-worthy bit. Everyone expected Amelie to win. However, being an Indian I was rooting for the Indian contender 'Lagaan'. 'No man's land' was just another movie for me. But when I finally got around to seeing it I realised that this movie is more universal in its appeal.