Wordiezett So much average

SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

broken-stairs This film will fire you up! It is unbelievable that this happened and we were so blind to it! Incredible footage makes this story really impressive.Caution though, people die in this film on camera. You will believe in people again and question your own integrity. The revolution itself produced such incredible imagery of fireworks lighting up smoke from tire fire smoke.I won't say much because you simply have to watch it! My only critique, and it is because of how disillusioned I became after watching Bowling for Columbine, only documentaries that feature both sides of a story get my 10 rating. After watching it, I really wanted to hear from the Berkut.

fontroy5 Extremely difficult to watch especially coming from my a perspective like mine. I am Scottish and support Independence and opposed the Brexit. Seeing this made me fear for my country if we do achieve the goal. I also can't understand how anyone could support the cowardly President who used the Berkut as a tool to quell the mob. My sweetie for ages been on about Ukraine and this finally made me understand. Russia has no right to what it is doing and the people in Maiden were not Nazis nor thugs, they were everyday people like you or me. I recommend this to watch but be warned it is graphic and it does not spare the details of what happened.

evanston_dad An inspiring documentary about the Ukrainian people's uprising against an oppressive regime and their successful demands that the Ukraine join the European Union.Two years ago, my wife and I watched all of the Academy Award nominees for Best Documentary Feature before the big show. One of them was "The Square," about a similar situation in Egypt. Yet things ended badly in that film; the people fought to overthrow the regime in place but didn't have anything to replace it with, so they exchanged one bad set of leaders for another. In "Winter on Fire," a major difference is that the Ukrainian people were able to organize themselves into a de facto political party, with specific demands. Their ability to focus on a specific set of objectives is largely what made their effort successful, and the sheer joy of watching people unite and effect change for the greater good made me absolutely love the Ukrainian people and hope that Americans could do the same if faced with similar challenges.Grade: A

Randy Wein An excellent collection of video and comments are crafted into an elegant telling - without narration - of a grassroots struggle for dignity on the main square ("Maidan" in Ukrainian) in the capital. This violent but uplifting drama is easily the best of the Maidan documentaries released thus far. Don't miss it. This film raises two very misunderstood facts about the Ukrainian revolution.First, the "re-vo-lu-tion" was triggered not by the government's reversal about joining the EU but by the brutal dispersal on Nov. 30 of peaceful pro-EU demonstrators. The next day saw the "march of the millions" protesting the president's decision to assault a non- threatening group composed mostly of college students. "Euromaidan" lasted only 10 days. On December 1 a nation arose - again peacefully - and "strong men came out to declare that no one will ever hurt children in this country." Second, protesters did not "topple" the president. Victor Yanukovich was legally removed from office by vote of the national parliament (Rada) after he fled the country. He knew that he would face criminal charges for his actions, not to mention the mind-boggling level of corruption in his government.Because this story is told by the participants - through their words and images, with excellent subtitles - it will appear to some as "biased." But a "counter-balanced" documentary would be difficult. The chronology and video testimonies are incontrovertible, and gathering opposing perspectives will be difficult because participants are unavailable. Yanukovich and his cabinet ministers are internationally wanted criminals granted asylum in Russia after they stole hundreds of millions of dollars from the country they bankrupted (the reason the government was seeking aid from European Union). The Berkut ("eagles") also mostly fled to Russia, although some later were photographed participating in the Russian takeover of Crimea.The film's portrayal corresponds with my experience during a visit mid-January. People of all social and economic backgrounds were living cheerfully under democratically established rules, chief of which was a ban on all alcohol. The "Maidan Village" was described in a London newspaper under the headline, "Ukrainians Teach Their Leaders How to Govern." Present were people from all regions, including the Donbas and Crimea. More than one-third of the people on Maidan spoke Russian as their primary language. The myth of divisions over language and ethnicity are a concocted pretense for Kremlin attempts to regain control of region called "Little Russia" for more than a century before the birth of the Soviet Union. This documentary invites you to see and meet these ordinary people and experience their extraordinary story.