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War of the Buttons

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War between two Irish youth gangs consists of removing and retrieving buttons from each other's clothing.
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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Jul 17, 2005 Full Review Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com Rated: 4/5 Jul 25, 2002 Full Review Read all reviews

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Matthew M One of the best movies in 90s in my opinion. The kids do a phenomenal job acting . It’s fun, funny and overall satisfying. Absolute classic Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/15/24 Full Review Audience Member In the tradition of the 60's Disney family films, The War of the Buttons charms its way into your heart. The kids can act. The grown-ups...sort of. War is only fun when no one gets hurt, but it's a little too close (in more ways than one) to the real The Troubles not to be criticized for its bad taste. No one loses an eye, but should. No one asks a grown up for advice, but should. It's dated, for sure, all testosterone. But if you're tired of Republican nastiness and exhausted from all the bad in the world, this movie might let you go to bed feeling a wee bit more Irish about yourself. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Childhood favourite,never will get old. If you haven't seen this I recommend you do so ASAP. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Very good, innocent humour - can't believe its a re-make of a French film - will have to rent that now too! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member An odd, but enjoyable story with beautiful scenery. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member "War of The Butttons" is fun, hilarious of course and enjoyable film that will really really brings you back into your childhood and childish war with a most ridiculous scene I've ever seen (that one I can't tell in this review). Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis War between two Irish youth gangs consists of removing and retrieving buttons from each other's clothing.
Director
John Roberts
Producer
David Puttnam
Production Co
Enigma Productions, Hugo Films
Rating
PG
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 29, 1995, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA)
$4.7K
Runtime
1h 30m
Sound Mix
Surround, Stereo
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