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MOVIE REVIEW

‘Hell and Back Again,’ presents war flashbacks from different perspective

By Wesley Morris

 |  Globe Staff  

  January 06, 2012

***1/2 Hell and Back Again With some documentaries, you can feel the filmmakers hit a wall. Danfung Dennis doesn’t appear to have a limit. He’s made a combat film essentially about a wounded Marine and his flashback to Afghanistan. It’s as if Dennis has seen (or knows we’ve seen) some of these movies and understands that the flavorlessness of even the most well-meant, clearly articulated filmmaking can leave you undisturbed and indifferent to what you’re being told and shown. This, on the other hand, is an ingenious artistic disturbance. (88 min., unrated) (Wesley Morris)

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