Matrixston Wow! Such a good movie.

LastingAware The greatest movie ever!

SincereFinest disgusting, overrated, pointless

Mehdi Hoffman There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

Mikkel-egebjerg This movie is breathtaking, it makes you see the war from a different perspective that you wouldn't think about. I knew Germany invaded Russia and what they did, but I was still shocked watching it. It's a shame that most people don't know about this film, because it's just as good as Schneider's list and pianist even better if you ask me.

TheNabOwnzz If there were ever a film that could be called the ultimate anti-war film which shows the horrors of war and the dehumanization of its main characters in such a disturbing way that it will leave an absolutely depressing impact on you it is definitely Elem Klimov's Come and See. Most of the time we see this film from Florya's point of view ( A teenage boy ) to show us truly how the war impacts those that were full of innocence before it started. The first half hour or more of the film consists of setting up his character, his connection with his family and with the young woman Glasha later on. It is a bit of the odd man out in the film as while still being depicted as grim it is not a very disturbing or depressing start. However, when the first bombs fall, you are immediately into this highly powerful and immersive masterpiece, because of things such as letting us hear the temporary deafening situation of our main character by letting us hear it with the audio, and deafening out all other sounds so we truly also begin to feel it as if it were happening to the audience. Also noticeable is the frequent use of extended trackingshots shot with a steadicam which are ofcourse always a great addition to improve immersion because in a long continuous take we can see everything our characters are doing, and are not subjected to constant different angles which always take a couple of seconds ( or less, but still, it takes time ) to keep that immersion.The acting is of top notch quality the entire movie, and especially the teenage main character Florya played by Aleksey Kravchenko is exceptional with his desperate facial expressions and his increasing dehumanization throughout the film. The violence is so powerful in this film because anything bad could happen to our main character at any time and primarily because Klimov allows us to see the incredibly disturbing facial expressions of Florya in silence after such an event numerous times, so we can truly reflect on how terrible these events were, and to show how further down the path to madness he was getting. The soundtrack is haunting and eerie ever since the first bombs fall in the film, and all this makes gives it a kind of horror esque feeling which doesn't happen all that often in war films. Platoon is often called a great anti-war statement, but Platoon has lighthearted scenes with some witty dialogue, whereas when the violence starts in Come and See, it is basically one ride akin to peering into the depths of hell itself.I would say the later chapter of the film is a bit too focused on trying too hard to let us hate the Germans while creating a bit of a lack of characterization, yet the entire village burning scene is so emotionally draining to the extreme, edited so well and filmed with such grace that this doesn't truly matter to the overall quality of the film. The visuals also speak for themselves, with one hellish picture after another when the violence starts bursting out, and this is enhanced by the incredible use of sound and sound editing to create a narrative in itself. However, this doesn't mean that the film doesn't have a narrative, as this is established so well in the first half hour or forty five minutes of the film.This all sums up Come and See as one of the most powerful of all war films, due to its ability to show violence as such an inhumane action due to its incredible visuals, sound, facial expressions & acting. It is highly disturbing and it is not for the faint hearted, as its depressing nature and soundtrack and realistic portrayal of the brutality of war result in a terrifying experience, yet it is also one of the few war films that is able to truly move you with its honesty and brutality.

tamara-persikova I have a friend from Minsk, whose great grandfather survived the war and lived to be over 90. That man used to watch war films obsessively and always found himself disappointed. Kept saying "it was nothing like this".Then he watched Come and See, my friend showed it to him. The man was silent for a long time afterwards and finally said:"Resembles the truth."

classicsoncall It's probably a good thing that we have movies like this that show the brutality and evil of war, but I don't know if the mass of humanity ever learns from them. In recent days I've watched this movie and "The Battle of Algiers", and if you look at present day headlines and follow news of terrorism around the world, one must concede that the aggressive use of force is a distinct part of Man's nature. This is a viscerally disturbing film to watch, with scene after scene of intense brutality that would render a normal person who experienced it dysfunctional and mentally unhinged from reality.It's those utterly insane things that young Florya Gaishun (Aleksey Kravchenko) experiences after he quite enthusiastically joins the war effort against the Nazis in his home country of Byelorussia. The most disturbing scene for this viewer occurred when the German soldiers herded the citizens of Perekhody into a barn and set it on fire. A rationale offered later by a young captured German soldier reflected a hideous ideology, that all Russians needed to be exterminated and children had to die because 'the trouble starts with them'. To claim that this warped Nazi thinking belonged to butchers is an understatement; that's too kind a word to apply to the monsters that they were.I'm appreciative for having watched this movie, it's story and images will remain with me a long time. Some consider it the greatest war movie of all time, and though I would disagree, I would point to "All Quiet on the Western Front" as another film with a similar emotional impact and rates a similar rating to this one on IMDb, the point of difference being that 'All Quiet' was made in 1930 and relates the horror that took place during World War I. Both films ought to be a timely reminder that war is hell, and can turn one's life into something unimaginable in an instant.