Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

" Waltz with Bashir ",Israeli animated film that has it all. War story, made a documentary, the memory of veterans, the problem of separation of vague memories from actual events. I really liked this film. I had no idea that won the Oscar for best foreign film in 2009. The true story of an unnecessary massacre in the Palestinian camp, who carried the Christian soldiers, disguised in Israeli army uniforms. I can say, very boldly something to show. True story, documentary, presented as animated movie, but at the end, we can see a horrible , original scene of the massacre. I am thrilled with the film.

"Waltz with Bashir" is a documentary that uses very unique devices for the genre. And I don't mean only the fact that it's an animation. Fictional movies depicting real life events are often held back by their documentary style, but this one is a documentary elevated by its strongly fictional style of storytelling that leans on its psychologically fascinating structure, artistic visual qualities and effective, often very beautiful soundtrack.The biggest accomplishment here is the fact that "Waltz with Bashir" isn't only about the historical viewpoints of the Lebanon war and the personal journey presented. It transcends that initial premise and becomes a universal, effective story about conflict, about human nature and our violence.

I can honestly say that I've never seen anything quite like WALTZ WITH BASHIR before. It's animated, but it's also a documentary which recounts director Ari Folman's attempt to reclaim long-suppressed memories of his involvement in the Lebanon War. The animation-documentary combination is an odd one, but nevertheless it works extraordinarily well with what the filmmakers seemed to be going for here. Although it mostly deals with firsthand war experiences, the larger theme is the subjective and fragile nature of memory, particularly of the traumatic and painful variety. I don't really want to get into any specifics because to do so would spoil the impact. All I'll say is that this film builds rather slowly as different people are interviewed and details are revealed, and the climax is sure to provoke an emotional reaction. As far as the quality of the film is concerned, the animation is very well-done. The movement is a little odd at times, but this is due to them either using cut-outs or roto-scoping (maybe a combination of both?). I'm fairly certain that the interview scenes were based on actual film footage, but I could be wrong. The sequences in the past are distinguished from the present by having this watercolor-like, washed-out, yellow-tinged and dingy look, while the scenes in the present have more natural-looking color. Back to thematic content, there is also some discussion about dreams and how they relate to memory. And of course, since this film deals with a war (and massacre) issues of morality come up, if in a more subtle way than you might think. What I took away from this is that the Lebanon War (and Palestinian massacre) is something that weighs heavy on the Israeli/Jewish conscience. We as human beings tend to block out things from our memories that we find offensive and overly traumatic, and there probably is some cognitive dissonance between the very real atrocities visited on Jews in the past and the atrocities that they have inflicted, or at least passively observed being inflicted, on others. It should go without saying that this film deals with some very heavy subject matter, but it's very important that we as human beings are able to confront and deal with all memories, even the ones we'd like to forget.

This a unique movie that is in a somewhat documentary form, but also follows the story of a Israeli infantry soldier that can't really remember or wants to forget the past during his military days because of guilt and thus can't remember. So he goes around asking others that are psychologist and other witnesses of certain events when it comes to the Sabra and Shatila massacre. In order to retrace what went down and recollect his memories. Watching this movie is like seeing the traumatic experience including some guilt that the soldiers go through even years after the military days. Some may say that the animation factor may take away from the effective seriousness of the situation. However I thought it made this film, more immersive and engrossing to the situation at hand. They could have used real actors, but it adds more of that psychedelic and psychological aspect to this film through the animation. Kinda like being in a dream like state, which actually adds more to the perspective of the soldiers. And when it comes to the perspectives of the witnesses that experienced the harsh event. The animation here is well done and effective, kinda reminded me of the animation of the show Archer except more realistic when it comes to the movements. This film is heartfelt and gut-churning, with a bit of humanity in it as well. The imagery when it comes to the animation is also innovative in a way that it adds quite a bit of emotion to the whole package. This is a thought provoking film with elements of seeing things from the other sides perspective, in another words it has a good dose of empathy. I am planning to see this one again to recollect certain parts and elements I might have missed.8.3/10