I said as much in my review - this reminded me of Apocalypse Now more than any other film. All About Eve also leapt to mind (the relationship between Dunst's character and Spaeny's). - Simon Dillon

The story adopts a modernised “journey down the river” plot in the tradition of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, or its superlative cinematic adaptation, Apocalypse Now (1979) — and there’s a few well-chosen references to that movie, too.
Civil War: A Movie Review
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Jun 14, 2024
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I said as much in my review - this reminded me of Apocalypse Now more than any other film. All About Eve also leapt to mind (the relationship between Dunst's character and Spaeny's).
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Novelist and Short Story-ist. Film and Book Lover. If you cut me, I bleed celluloid and paper pulp. Blog: www.simondillonbooks.wordpress.com
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