Come and See (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

Brutal war film, different, makes you think, not usual war film but if you like movies it's an Intelligent dark film that shows the horror of war

I'm a huge fan of most WW2 movies. This is slightly mad, but excellent.

Surreal, dark and brutal through the eyes of a teenager on the eastern front, don't expect a clear hero filled movie that shows a simple world of good and bad guys. This movie is a slow burner to start with but shows the horrors of the eastern front for those occupied by the Nazis. I'd say that if you like you're war films like 'Saving Private Ryan' then this film might not be for you, this is a dark confusing brutal film. A film that shows the Nazis for what they were. It feels like it makes no sense because to the main character it was chaotic. I wouldnt be surprised if the director or author has based this on his own child experiences of the war?!

Or though its all in Russian with English subtitles, it was great to watch

Dramatic war film with graphic screen but realistically accriate

Horrific

The Criterion relaease of this horrors-of-war classic can be recommended without reservation. I had the DVD years ago and this is a completely different class of home media. The 2K transfer sparkles, there are no artefacts as far as we could see on an HD screen, the sound is true and precise and the subtitles are clear and east to read. It was like watching a film on a screen in a good arthouse cinema, and there is no higher accolade than that.

A WW11 film from a totally different perspective than conventionally presented formats.

This isn’t just a movie — it’s a gut punch that stays with you for days. Rewatched it recently, and it hit just as hard as when I first saw it as a kid/teen back in the USSR (they aired it on TV sometimes, and it felt like someone dropped you straight into hell). The film shows war through the eyes of a teenage boy, Flyora — how it slowly, mercilessly destroys a person until there’s nothing left but madness. The realism is brutal: the Khatyn-like village massacre scenes aren’t “acted” — they feel like raw documentary footage of evil. The sound design (that piercing ringing in the ears, screams, sudden dead silence after explosions), the long unbroken shots you can’t look away from, Alexei Kravchenko’s face (those eyes age 50 years in two hours) — everything is designed to make you feel it: war isn’t heroic, it’s the end of being human. Klimov and Adamovich don’t spare you anything. No hope, no catharsis, just “come and see” what people are capable of doing to each other. After it ends, you sit in silence like you’ve been through it yourself. People say “watch it once and never again” — but this is the film everyone needs to see to understand what war really costs. One of the greatest anti-war masterpieces in cinema history. If you haven’t seen it yet, brace yourself. This isn’t entertainment — it’s testimony. Absolute must-watch.

Great classic movie. The quality of the video is now awesome. The only let down is the classic stereo sound. If your going to go to effort to restore a classic movie, surely for a war movie they should have ugraded the audio to some surround audo format.

Es excelente estoy maravillado por fin pude tener esta gran obra de filmación , con una imagen y sonido espectacular debo decir que no cuenta con subtítulos al español solo en inglés pero no importa recuerdo haberla visto como en el 2004 en el canal C7 de tv abierta así que 100% recomendable porque estás películas ya no se encuentran fácilmente

The product came exactly as expected. Very good handling during shipping and all. Important note: This Criterion disc is one of few where the disc is playable both in Region A and B, regardless if it's an UK import or not. Thumbs up!

It is a Great movie and is well deserving of masterpiece statis but definitely not for everybody. It's a very dark film and shows a lot of very adult themes and subjects so would highly recommend for adults +18 or if needed for a film class assignment