Most of it has already been written here about this film. I want to focus my user review to be about the lead actress Kirstin Dunst. Because she is the one who really made an impression on me in this film, and also raised a good film to be both interesting and good. I watch a lot of movies, but for some reason Kirstin Dunst has gone "under the radar" with me. That's over now. After seeing her performance in this movie I realize how good she is. Rarely have I seen a better example of a person who is immeasurably good at what she works as; press photographer and at the same time behind a professional and tough exterior, is actually both burnt out, disillusioned and a person who has compromised with herself - for far too long.
Civil War is a good film, it shows the horrors of war, civil war, the brutality of war etc, but without Kirstin Dunst's efforts as the tormented Lee, this would not have worked as well as it actually does. Great acting is always delightful to discover. I hope to see more of Kirstin Dunst in the years to come, in films that challenge her in the same way as the vulnerability and doubt she manages to convey so believably in this gritty war film.
Civil War is a good film, it shows the horrors of war, civil war, the brutality of war etc, but without Kirstin Dunst's efforts as the tormented Lee, this would not have worked as well as it actually does. Great acting is always delightful to discover. I hope to see more of Kirstin Dunst in the years to come, in films that challenge her in the same way as the vulnerability and doubt she manages to convey so believably in this gritty war film.