War of the Buttons
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32 out of 100

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  • Starring: Gérard Jugnot, Guillaume Canet, Ilona Bachelier, Jean Texier, Kad Merad, Laetitia Casta
  • Summary: Set in occupied WWII France, War of the Buttons tells the tale of pre-teen rebel Lebrac and the "war" he leads between two rival kid gangs from neighboring villages. Once Lebrac falls for Violette, a young Jewish girl who is new in town and in danger of being exposed by the Nazis, the children are faced with putting their own conflicts aside to protect her and confront the very real war happening around them. (The Weinstein Company)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 5
  3. Negative: 3 out of 5
  1. NPR
    Reviewed by: Ella Taylor
    Oct 11, 2012
    60
    War of the Buttons deftly folds France's unsavory collusions into a rather more rousing tale of resistance. I don't doubt that some of these heroics happened. But the way they're framed conveniently takes the edge off saying sorry.
  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Jon Frosch
    Oct 9, 2012
    30
    Of course, everyone in the film - aside from one or two conspicuous villains - turns out to be a resistant, making an otherwise harmlessly corny movie something slightly more bothersome: a revisionist fantasy of French heroism.
  3. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Sam Adams
    Oct 9, 2012
    20
    That War of the Buttons shows no insight into how a nation's will could be so easily subdued is disappointing; that it shows no curiosity on the subject is inexcusable.

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