War movies are propaganda films, especially if they're very serious movies not intended for entertainment.
Angelina Jolie's directorial debut tries to tell a very serious story about true things, very bad things that happened in the Yugoslavian War while mixing it with a Romeo and Juliet narrative.
As a highly selective, virulently anti-Serbian account, the only thing it proves is how easy it is to manipulate a know-nothing liberal with good intentions into backing the wrong dog in a war where everyone tried to wipe out everyone else.
Read my full review at Fridae, first published on 29 February 2012.
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