70
Soberly and intelligently examines the fear, frustration, anxiety, animosity and boredom of waiting to advance into the terrifying other world that lies over the lip of the trenches.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
50
Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt
The acting is solid, but Tony Pierce-Roberts's unimaginative camera work falls short of his highest standard.
63
New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman
By the time they're ready to leave their trench, we're not at all ready to see them go.
50
Boyd brings no new insights to this drama of men in a confined space, a situation that's been the basis for many powerful war films.
60
Boyd would be smart to add a little sound and fury next time around. War is hell, after all.
50
New York Post by Jonathan Foreman
There isn't a line you haven't heard or a stock character you haven't encountered before.
70
A powerful anti-war film.
70
Village Voice by Michael Atkinson
The acting, by a large cast of little-known young Brits chewing on South London accents like dog bones, is uniformly splendiferous.
60
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
What lifts The Trench above the run of the mill is the intensity of its disgust.