The film follows a true story about a second year young man at Harvard Law School. This young man enters the army during World War II, but he becomes a prison bird during this period as he discovers surprising facts about many events.
Proves a servicable World War II drama that can't totally hide its contrivances, but it at least calls attention to a problem Hollywood too long has ignored.
'Hart's War' is a perfect example of a film that remains anchored in mediocrity from beginning to end. It plods along like a chronic asthmatic, meandering to a conclusion that's both irritating and implausible.
An exciting, thoughtful and adrenaline-pumping war picture that is provocative and different.
New York Magazine/Vulture
February 24, 2002
We're situated in that familiar showbiz intersection of Hollywood and Rhine.
Film Threat
December 08, 2002
It's hard to know whether or not to recommend this film because for every thing it does right there's at least one and occasionally two things it gets ever so wrong.
EmanuelLevy.Com
October 30, 2006
Nationality, race and politics clash in unexpected ways in this well-directed and acted but extremely old-fashioned prison drama that recalls genre film sof the 1950s and 1960s.
