The Siege of Jadotville (film)

This article is about the 2016 movie. For the event on which the movie is based, see Siege of Jadotville.
The Siege of Jadotville
Directed by Richie Smyth
Produced by
Written by
Starring
Music by Joseph Trapanese
Cinematography Nikolaus Summerer
Edited by Alex Mackie
Distributed by Netflix
Release dates
  • July 10, 2016 (2016-07-10) (Galway Film Festival)
  • September 19, 2016 (2016-09-19) (Ireland)
  • October 7, 2016 (2016-10-07) (Worldwide)
Running time
 108 minutes
Language English

The Siege of Jadotville is a 2016 historical drama war film directed by Richie Smyth[1] and written by Kevin Brodbin.[2] It was first screened at the 2016 Galway Film Festival.[3] The film received a limited cinema distribution in Ireland in September 2016,[4] and planned for simultaneous worldwide distribution on Netflix and a number of US iPic Theaters during October 2016.[5][6] The film is based on Declan Power's book, The Siege at Jadotville: The Irish Army's Forgotten Battle (2005).[7]

Plot

The film is based on Declan Power's non-fiction book, The Siege at Jadotville: The Irish Army's Forgotten Battle (2005),[8] and covers the story of the Siege of Jadotville, a conflict involving Irish Army UN Peacekeepers and Katangese forces during the Congo Crisis in September 1961.[4][7]

Selected cast

Reception

At the review aggregator site Metacritic, as of October 9 2016, the film did not have a Metascore or User Score, with just two critics' reviews.[9] One reviewer's critique at the site—Robert Yaniz, Jr. of We Got This Covered—rated the film 70%, observing: "Though it doesn't break any new ground, The Siege of Jadotville is a well-crafted piece of filmmaking that investigates the often-contentious relationship between politics and war."[10] The other reviewer whose critique was posted at the site—Robert Abele of the Los Angeles Times—rated the film 50%, describing it as: "A scrappy war flick with a fair amount of combat suspense but a whole lot of clichéd dialogue."[11]

At the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, the film does not yet have a Critics' Consensus but, as of October 9 2016, held a 67% TomatoMeter score, based on 9 critics' reviews, and an Audience Score of 76% Liked It.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "The Siege of Jadotville (2016)". IMDb. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  2. ↑ The Siege of Jadotville. Rotten Tomatoes. 2016. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Jamie Dornan's latest film wins standing ovation at Galway Film Fleadh". Irish Independent. 11 July 2016.
  4. 1 2 "'The Siege of Jadotville' to receive limited cinema release". Irish Times. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "First trailer of Siege of Jadotville is nail-biting". RTÉ. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "National Association of Theatre Owners Chief Sounds Alarm Over Netflix Deal With iPic". Variety. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016. [..] iPic [..has..] a theatrical foothold on 15 U.S. locations. That will be particularly important for Netflix films that need some kind of theatrical run to qualify for awards. IPic will release the war thriller “The Siege of Jadotville,” starring Jamie Dornan (“Fifty Shades of Grey”), on Oct. 7
  7. 1 2 "28th Galway Film Fleadh - July 2016 - The Siege of Jadotville". Galwayfilmfleadh.com. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  8. ↑ Power, Declan (2005). The Siege at Jadotville: The Irish Army's Forgotten Battle. Dublin: Maverick House Publishers. ISBN 0-9548707-1-9.
  9. ↑ The Siege of Jadotville. Metacritic. 2016. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
  10. ↑ Yaniz, Robert Jr. (October 9, 2016). "The Siege Of Jadotville Review". We Got This Covered.
  11. ↑ Abele, Robert (October 6, 2016). "Review: Forgotten battle told in 'The Siege of Jadotville'". Los Angeles Times.
  12. ↑ The Siege of Jadotville. Rotten Tomatoes. 2016. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
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