Generation War (TV Miniseries)

"The film slips into a strange, queasy zone between naturalism and nostalgia." 

"'Generation War' has the strengths and the weaknesses of middlebrow art: it may be clunky, but it's never dull, and, once you start watching, you can't stop (...) What we get is confounding—both silly and tragic, physically alive and morally obtuse." 

"Don't feel guilty for expecting a little more (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)" 

"The films are highly entertaining and highly disturbing, in the latter case for both the right and the wrong reasons. While admirably delineating moral decay (...) the movies never really get at the seed of evil." 

"This high-end German miniseries encourages us to view World War II not as a conflict between absolutes of good and evil, but in shades of gray (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)" 

"There is obviously nothing new (...) 'Generation War' is also in many ways old-fashioned television (...) Though some of it is standard, this film can be unflinching in how it depicts German soldiers." 

"Entertaining and engrossing, if rather simplistic (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)" 

"[A] gripping drama with the confidence to confront the past (...) This is a brave and moving mini-series about what war does to friends and family"