72
Metascore
14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirIt's a brilliant work of cinema, a nonfiction film as intense and visceral as any drama, and an emotional and moral experience that feels horrifying and exhilarating at almost the same moment.
- 80EmpirePhil de SemlyenEmpirePhil de SemlyenMoving, complex and brutal, it's an outstanding film about men at war.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterRay BennettThe Hollywood ReporterRay BennettWhile the men are Danish, there is a universality to their story and a vitality in the filmmaking that should see the documentary in demand around the world.
- 80VarietyLeslie FelperinVarietyLeslie FelperinIf nothing else, Armadillo proves just how well "The Hurt Locker" captured the mixture of boredom, fear, brutality and locker-room machismo that makes up the day-to-day routine of a frontline soldier.
- 80Village VoiceVillage VoiceWhile much of Armadillo echoes last year's "Restrepo," the unprecedented access of director Janus Metz and cameraman Lars Skree reveals the alternating waves of frontline tedium and terror with fresh immediacy.
- 80Time OutEric HynesTime OutEric HynesIt's a sickening but stunning portrait of combat that looks past notions of bravery or brutality, guilt or innocence, to bear witness to a thoroughly besieged humanity.
- 80The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottThe achievement of this film is to forestall and complicate easy judgment. You emerge shaken and bothered, which may sound like a reason not to see the movie. It is actually the opposite.
- 67The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasFor their part, the Danes are either having more of an adventure or covering up their trauma with chest-thumping braggadocio; almost to a man, they're ready to come back for more.
- 50MovielineStephanie ZacharekMovielineStephanie ZacharekArmadillo tells us lots of things we shouldn't be so naïve as to think we don't already know. Maybe we need to see these things again and again, just so we don't lose sight of the costs and risks of the wars in which American and European soldiers are currently engaged.
- 50New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoThere's little new in Armadillo.