Dobro Dosli U Sarajevo

Welcome to Sarajevo

At [certain] junctures Welcome To Sarajevo is a truly affecting experience, sobering and unblinking.

The movie centers itself on a group of journalists who take harrowing risks to cover a war that their editors and viewers back home aren't very interested in...

...the saving grace, and the true star of Welcome To Sarajevo, is the city itself. Shot almost entirely on location, using willing Sarajevans as extras, Winterbottom creates a realism and resonance most war films dare not dream of.

...a compelling examination of the role the media played in reporting and shaping the average person's views of the war.

...darkly humorous and surprisingly unsentimental...