No Man's Land (2001) Critic Reviews

The film is exciting in two big ways: its simplicity of story (Tanovic does not get bogged down trying to give us an epic history) and the breadth of Tanovic's vision.Read the full review

A savage comedy about the war in the former Yugoslavia that artfully mixes comic absurdism with a passion for what's right and a concern for the individuality of all concerned.Read the full review

Fierce, funny and finally devastating, Tanovic's superb film offers a timely look at the roots of civil war and acts of terrorism on both sides that can be exploited by political and media hypocrites alike.Read the full review

A deeply serious and seriously hilarious fable of the lunacy of war.Read the full review

It's a bleakly funny parable that could be titled "Between Enemy Lines."Read the full review

It's a merciless and mirthlessly funny antiwar weapon from a filmmaker who has seen battle firsthand and has lived to make art from memories of hell.Read the full review

As a tyro auteur, Tanovich has a heavy-handed way of delineating characters and situations that makes this well-meaning film awfully familiar at times.Read the full review

From beginning to end, it bristles with ironies in classic Eastern European absurdist style.Read the full review

Land has a lot of funny moments, which are no less serious for being so, especially when the script turns politically prickly.Read the full review