Intercepted is a 2024 documentary film that merges the intercepted phone calls of Russian soldiers in Ukraine with their families back home with images of the destruction caused by the invasion.[1][2] The film is written and directed by Oksana Karpovych.
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| Directed by | Oksana Karpovych |
| Written by | Oksana Karpovych |
| Produced by | Rocío Barba Fuentes Giacomo Nudi |
| Edited by | Charlotte Tourrès |
| Distributed by | Grasshopper Film (US) |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Countries | Canada France Ukraine |
| Languages | Ukrainian Russian |
Reception
editOn the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 11 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.1/10.[3] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 84 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[4]
Monica Castillo of RogerEbert.com gave the film three out of four stars and wrote, "It's easy to write off combatants as just an enemy but Karpovych's film tries to understand them, how and why they've justifying killing civilians on sight, enacting horrifying amounts of torture, or why they're invading Ukraine's borders in the first place. And while the voices of Ukrainians are not featured in Intercepted, their resilience dominates the frame of Karpovych's observational documentary."[5]
References
edit- ^ Dargis, Manohla (3 October 2024). "'Intercepted' Review: The Awful Intimacy of the War in Ukraine". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 4 October 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- ^ Smith, Kyle (3 October 2024). "'Intercepted' Review: Eavesdropping on Evil in the Ukraine War". wsj.com.
- ^ "Intercepted". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ^ "Intercepted". Metacritic. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ Castillo, Monica (October 2024). "Intercepted". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
External links
edit- Intercepted at IMDb
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