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MOVIE REVIEW

‘In the Land of Blood and Honey’ is a credible start for writer-director Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie shows potential in mixed debut as writer-director

By Ty Burr

 |  Globe Staff  

  January 06, 2012

** In the Land of Blood and Honey An agonized romantic drama set during the Bosnian War and a credible narrative feature filmmaking debut for writer-director Angelina Jolie. Like the filmmaker’s public persona, the movie’s both strong and headstrong, invested in grit and glamour with a hazy understanding of the line separating the two. Zana Marjanovic and Goran Kostic star. In Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian, with subtitles. (127 min., R) (Ty Burr)

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