Metacritic reviews

The sense of danger is palpable, as is the sense of misery after the most dreadful scenes.

Citizen Soldier makes for an honorable addition to the densely populated modern war film field.

The film will have a hard time attracting attention outside the community of veterans. But that doesn't diminish its ability to put us in the shoes of ordinary men balancing boredom with life-or-death action on a daily basis.

Paradoxically, this technique both keeps you from getting to know the soldiers better and puts you completely in their boots, understanding directly that (as one character puts it) war is boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror.