Critics and viewers heap praise on Netflix WW1 movie All Quiet on the Western Front
Daily MailCritics and viewers alike have heaped praise on Netflix's new World War One movie All Quiet On The Western Front and called for it to be nominated for an Oscar. Acclaim: Critics and viewers alike have heaped praise on Netflix's new World War One movie All Quiet on the Western Front and called for it to be nominated for an Oscar Now, critics and viewers have lauded the WW1 epic as 'one of the greatest war movies ever made' as they described it as an 'utterly gut wrenching' film. Impressive: On Rotten Tomatoes, the German-language film secured an impressive audience score of 90 per cent while the critics' Tomatometer score was 92 per cent What the critics are saying: All Quiet on the Western Front The Awards Daily Critic Mark Johnson described it as a 'timeless and international antiwar classic' as he lauded the film for its 'scathing depiction of the mental terror of war'. Powerful: Elsewhere, critics also did not shy away from heaping praise on the war epic as they described it as one of the best war movies ever made in their gushing reviews Meanwhile, The Guardian's critic Peter Bradshaw awarded the war epic a generous four-star review and said the entire film was powerfully 'flavoured with this grim premonition of death'.