Among the audience of "Lonely Survivor", men accounted for 57%, and those over 30 years old accounted for 57%. The audience praised the film as a good war movie. The media's evaluation of the film is not as high as that of the audience. The 36 media outlets gave a comprehensive review of 60 points. The Arizona Republic, The Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Times all gave 80 points. The Arizona Republic and the Los Angeles Times both affirmed director Peter Bo The "Wall Street Journal" praised the performance of the four protagonists of the film. "Diagonal" only gave 38 points, thinking that the film, like the 2007 film "Change of Dynasty", followed the moral model line
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Almost every element in "Lonely Survivor" can be called "sensitive", but the director's cleverness lies in downplaying the political significance of the film to the greatest extent, and cleverly removing the questioning points of US involvement in disputes in the Middle East. More Describe people’s courage in war and the love between life and death among the four soldiers
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