In Love and War

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In Love and War

PG-13

1996

1h 55m

History

Drama

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In 1918, 18-year-old Ernest Hemingway (Chris O'Donnell) signs up for service in World War I. After a bomb goes off on the front line, filling his leg with shrapnel, Hemingway is transported to a hospital, where he begs Dr. Domenico Caracciolo (Emilio Bonucci) not to amputate. Under the care of 26-year-old Austrian nurse Agnes von Kuroswky (Sandra Bullock), Hemingway slowly recovers. The two begin an affair, but Agnes is torn between the immature young man and the more stable Caracciolo.

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Critics Consensus

Formulaic and trite, In Love and War unconvincingly recreates Ernest Hemingway's early life with all the stuffy tropes that the author would have excised in a second draft.

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Mike Clark

USA Today

In Love and War is at its best photographing stationary objects, such as architecture, trees and bedridden soldiers -- not exactly what one hopes for from a movie portraying such a vital force as Ernest Hemingway.

Rated: 1.5/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

In Love and War is not much interested in Ernest Hemingway's subsequent life and career, and even in its treatment of this early period, it doesn't deal with themes such as his macho posturing, his need to prove himself, his grandiosity.

Rated: 2/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

All’s poor in In Love and War.

Rated: 1.5/4

Nov 25, 2023

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

I will cherish my memory of Chris at the end of "In Love and War," bearded and bitter, drinking fiercely and trying very hard to be dark and tormented.

Rated: D

Jan 20, 2007

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Jon Niccum

Lawrence Journal-World

Boring and artificial

Rated: 1/5

Dec 27, 2005

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Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

Rated: 3/5

Oct 21, 2005

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Lanfranco C

The quite real story of the war's adventure of Hemingway that inspired His roman "A Farewell to Arms"

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/19/24

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Tim M

Butchering the young life of Ernest Hemingway with dull writing and wooden acting, In Love and War marks a low point for director Richard Attenborough.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

12/11/23

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Paul C

This happens to be my favourite film of all time. I know it's not trendy to like romance or heartbreak but here we are. Sandra Bullock's most beautifully restrained performance - and who wouldn't cry at the love scene or the last sequence at the lake? Ignore the critics, this is a classic for all romantics.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/07/24

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Audience Member

Bullock is consistently great. O'Donnell is consistently bland. If this had a better script, like O'Donnell's Scent of a Woman, then it could have raised the limited abilities of Chris O'Donnell, but instead we got this. Unless you're a big huge fan of 1990s period melodrama, then skip this one.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Audience Member

My favourite film of all time - criminally under-rated

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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steve d

I don't know if it is the story or the script, but the film is ridiculously predictable and melodramatic.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Synopsis

In 1918, 18-year-old Ernest Hemingway (Chris O'Donnell) signs up for service in World War I. After a bomb goes off on the front line, filling his leg with shrapnel, Hemingway is transported to a hospital, where he begs Dr. Domenico Caracciolo (Emilio Bonucci) not to amputate. Under the care of 26-year-old Austrian nurse Agnes von Kuroswky (Sandra Bullock), Hemingway slowly recovers. The two begin an affair, but Agnes is torn between the immature young man and the more stable Caracciolo.

Director: Richard Attenborough
Producer: Dmitri Villard, Richard Attenborough
Screenwriter: Allan Scott, Clancy Sigal, Anna Hamilton Phelan
Production Co: New Line Cinema
Rating: PG-13
Genre: History, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 1, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $14.5M
Runtime: 1h 55m
Sound Mix: Surround

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