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I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Tag line:Why are we fighting? Nothing, Why else?I think the film is very interesting because it talks about the adolescents' life, which is a very complicated issue. The film shows how the adolescents can be very creative and risky in order to reach their goals and likes. Nevertheless these goals are not commonly related to their personal growing. These are often related to their need to figure between other ones. The stage of the film is very appropriate, because it develops on a power and honor's fight between two groups. The ambition is so much that they are involved easily in a war without end, but the most interesting part is when the groups' leaders don't realize why are they fighting. Which reveals the natural behavior of the adolescents (They do whatever, but don't measure the consequences). By Julián Valencia

I enjoyed this one a lot! That's basically due to the amount of kids and the depiction of the Irish countryside as the main setting. All the actors - without exception - do a perfect job. I especially liked the moldering tension between Geronimo and Fergus, the two leaders. The way the two gangs clash into each other is both amusing and absorbing. The movie has a tremendous amount of natural, genuine charm to it. It is both sincere and blithe. There ought to be more movies like this one. Entertaining and intriguing at the same time, with some nice twists and unexpected events. The cultural dimension, as the movie takes place in Ireland, is another argument to see it. Friendship and fidelity are some of the main themes. Just to recommend for an entertaining evening.

First off, I registered with IMDB solely so I could comment on this movie, given that I feel that some of the previous comments seriously mis-represent the movie. The movie is a fun movie about all the things we wish we could have done when we were kids! A few of the things I've done, but never a grand war like that.(Not really any spoilers from here on in, however scenes or things that happen in the movie are discussed.)The basics: Two rival groups of kids who collect buttons as treasure/bounty for capturing each other. It's a lot of fun.What's misrepresented in previous comments: "the young victim is tortured at knifepoint".... hardly. The worst is the leader of one gang gets crap smeared on him. The captured warrior is not left underwear clad, only left without his buttons and tie. His belt and shoelaces are cut, he just goes home without buttons. And the gangs didn't "terrorize" the townspeoples children, their children are the gangs. Sure, they played around, but they had rules. They used sticks, slingshots and stuff like that to make thier wars. However, there were unwritten rules, if you pay attention. Always use pinecones in the slingshots, no rocks. No intentional hitting people in the face with pinecones. Even in the taunts, they know when to stop.. Fergus is sensitive about who his father is, and early in the movie, one kid is harassing him about that and Jerome stops them from saying anything else. Jerome also stops one of his guys from shaking a smaller boy over the water. No torture that I saw.And neither of the leaders is evil or good, they are just kids having fun. Granted a few bad choices are made, really only one, that leads to any real danger. As for dark moments, I would disagree with that as well. The darkest in there is when they kill a fox to make money to buy buttons. They are a bit shocked at actually killing it, and one of the girls calls them on how cruel it was. It'd be dark if they thought it was cool and were happy with it. As it is it's a lesson in everything being precious.My favorite character was Marie. She's cool because even though she's mad at the guys, she goes and buys a whole bunch of buttons for them so they woln't have to kill any more foxes and such. She also fights right along side with them, and she's a spitfire. She even tackles the weasel Riley.Anyway, this is a great movie, rent it, buy it, whatever, just see it somehow.

I watched "La Guerre des Boutons" around 1970. It was a very enjoyable movie. Well I married a war buff, but not of the kind of war of this movie is about, but the Pacific Theater of World War II. I have been looking for the tape of "La Guerre des Boutons" for years. I wanted my husband to see the black and white movie where a bunch of kids speaking French engages in their own type of warfare. Interestingly and strangely enough both movies were practically unknown in the States. I never found the tape of "La Guerre des Boutons" but when I realized that "The War of the Bottoms" was out, I immediately had to buy it. My husband loved the movie, and so did I.It is so much fun watching those kids engaging in warfare. They get ideas from their school teacher and come up with all kind of strategies and plans. They have a leader, meet after school, and have to work to get ammunition, war it is quite serious business for those Irish Kids. They are prepared! One bunch of kinds are all "preppie," the typical "suits"! The other group is a bunch of poor kids wearing their jeans. When the poor guys realized that buttons were expensive and they can get their butt spanked for losing their buttons, they show up for their fight already naked, which really scared their adversaries. They meet in their little fort, where they kept their ammunition. They even dance and have a party when they win a little battle, just like the big boys. Jerome is my favorite of the bunch of characters. He is one of the opposition but he is such a little gentlemen and is so cute! I can also identify with Maria, because most of my friends for most of my life have been male. I found it interesting that the one of the producers was David Puttnam (The Killing Fields, Midnight Express, Memphis Belle, The Mission) who produced "Chariots of Fire" with the late Dodi Fayed, Princess Diana's boyfriend. Another fascinating fact is that this is supposed to be the first movie all of the kids had done. They were not "trained actors," but what a performance! This movie I presume is well known around the world but not in the U.S. I watched the movie first outside the U.S. I just wonder why such a classic is not known here? I recommend this movie to anyone. It is just adorable. What is it with the distributors here? My favorite scene: When the little guy gets royally drunk. He is hilarious. The kids stopping the war to care for the little rabbit.My favorite quotes: "Fergus": "What are we going to cut off first?" The little kid goes: "His willie, cut off his willie."