We Went to War

2012

1h 30m

Documentary

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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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WOW.....BRILLLIANT....AMAZING....VERY VERY SAD......i have just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is such a fantastic documentary movie 2 watch.......i think that this is such a really well directed movie 2 watch it is such a really sad movie 2 watch........i think that the director Michael Kenneth Christian Grigsby (.R.I.P.), had done a great job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie...... In 2012 Grigsby's non fiction feature, 'We Went to War' was released. Co-authored with creative producer Rebekah Tolley, the film is a follow up to Grigsby's film, I Was a Soldier (1970), and returns to the stories of the three Vietnam veterans of the earlier film: David, Dennis and Lamar, forty years after their return from combat to their homes in the heartlands of Texas.. its got a good soundtrack throughout this movie......i think that this is such a really sad movie 2 watch as its a real-life movie 2 watch its a really sad movie 2 watch but its such a really well directed movie.....i think that this is a very underrated documentary movie 2 watch but its such a really sad movie 2 watch its got a great cast throughout this movie i think that this is such a really sad movie 2 watch but its such a great documentary movie 2 watch......

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Michael Grigsby

Director

Paul McGowan

Executive Producer

James Mitchell

Executive Producer

André Singer

Executive Producer

Rebekah Tolley

Producer

Jonas Mortensen

Cinematographer

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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: Paul McGowan, James Mitchell, André Singer
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 30m