A deeply moving, relentlessly bleak war movie about history and society, with standout performances and world-building.
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GoodWatch score 67February 18, 2017 · 2 h 16 min · R
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In the United States, First They Killed My Father streams on Netflix. It also streams in 130 other countries.
Mostly, it's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 77 (IMDb 7.2, Letterboxd 3.7 out of 5, Rotten Tomatoes 88%, and Metacritic 72).
Probably not: the title analysis rates it 9 of 10 for bleakness and 8 for melancholy, against 2 for hopefulness.
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