In the Land of Blood and Honey

...captures the sickening way the war in Bosnia became a gray zone of genocide.

...it's not often that an A-list gossip-magazine stalwart sticks their neck out artistically – and this sombre, powerful, and undeniably gripping film is the result.

Angelina Jolie deserves admiration for making "In the Land of Blood and Honey" as her first filmmaking project. She wrote it, directed it and cares deeply about its issues...

Angelina Jolie makes her directorial debut with this elegantly shot, deliberately paced and unflinching look at the Bosnian War of the early 1990s.

...a brutal, upsetting viewing experience that parses the physical, emotional and moral tolls of war and indicts world-governing bodies...for failing to intervene—all filtered through the story of this young couple.