We Went to War

2012

1h 30m

Documentary

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9 Reviews

Filmmaker Michael Grigsby catches up with three soldiers he interviewed after they returned from the Vietnam War.

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Wally Hammond

Sight & Sound

Something of an exemplary documentary on the effects of combat on three individuals with experience of one specific war.

Jul 31, 2018

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

Grigsby's quiet film doesn't try for polemic but simply tells what looks very much like the unalloyed truth.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 29, 2013

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

This sad, unhurriedfilm is like a short story by Larry McMurtry.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 28, 2013

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Andrew Latimer

CineVue

Crucially, We Went to War ponders the coldness of combat, but perhaps more fundamentally, challenges why we tolerate it.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 13, 2019

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Jennifer Tate

ViewLondon

A tender and poetic documentary, which revisits a group of veterans as they discuss their emotional scars left by the Vietnam War, We Went to War is extremely powerful, thanks to its personal interviews and strong and compassionate direction.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 27, 2013

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George Bass

Total Film

Forty years after interviewing fresh-faced Vietnam vets for his 1970 documentary I Was A Soldier, British filmmaker Michael Grigsby returns to Texas to find his subjects pushing 70 and still living with PTSD.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 22, 2013

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Michael Grigsby

Director

Paul McGowan

Executive Producer

James Mitchell

Executive Producer

André Singer

Executive Producer

Rebekah Tolley

Producer

Jonas Mortensen

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Synopsis

Filmmaker Michael Grigsby catches up with three soldiers he interviewed after they returned from the Vietnam War.

Director: Michael Grigsby
Producer: Rebekah Tolley
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 30m