October 15, 2002 "Bloody Sunday" - Critics' Reviews
Here's what the press are saying...

"A TRIUMPH! Look for BLOODY SUNDAY to take on the giants in the race for BEST PICTURE! James Nesbitt may be the ACTOR OF THE YEAR!" - Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE

"MAGNETIC AND IMPASSIONED! The level of accomplishment in the filmmaking is overwhelming it's an earthy epic like 'Battle Of Algiers.' It's like a Brechtian newsreel. The picture is dense with emotional and political conflict. The depth of Greengrass' artistry is plain." - Elvis Mitchell, THE NEW YORK TIMES

"AMAZING! GRADE: A. The movie doesn't just show us events. It recreates a moral earthquake. A verite passion play. It seizes and shakes the moment in a way that perhaps no political film since Pontecorvo's 'Battle of Algiers' or Costa-Gavras' 'State of Siege.'" - Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

"STUNNING! It's possible that no one since Eisenstein and Pudovkin has created crowd scenes as volatile as these." - David Denby, THE NEW YORKER

"REMARKABLE! As remarkable in its staging as 'Black Hawk Down.' A triumph of verite stylization so potent it recalls 'The Battle of Algiers' and even 'Battleship Potemkin.'" - J. Hoberman, THE VILLAGE VOICE

"* * * * (FOUR STARS)! Depicts the day with 'Black Hawk Down'-like vividness and more dimensional characters." - Mark Caro, CHICAGO TRIBUNE

"POWERFUL AND SEARING!" - Graham Fuller, INTERVIEW MAGAZINE

"VISCERAL AND POWERFUL!" - Peter Rainer, NEW YORK MAGAZINE