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Summary Love+War chronicles Pulitzer Prize-winning Lynsey Addario’s ascent in the male-dominated world of conflict photography. But her work is dangerous. She’s been kidnapped twice while on assignment in war zones — a cost she must wrestle with each time she leaves her husband and two sons to go on assignment. Behind the camera, Addario is torn...

Directed By: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

Love+War

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Summary Love+War chronicles Pulitzer Prize-winning Lynsey Addario’s ascent in the male-dominated world of conflict photography. But her work is dangerous. She’s been kidnapped twice while on assignment in war zones — a cost she must wrestle with each time she leaves her husband and two sons to go on assignment. Behind the camera, Addario is torn...

Directed By: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

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Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Oct 30, 2025
90
What’s quite novel about this work, as opposed to any number of well-made docs about (mostly male) war photographers, is that it directly addresses how Addario’s job impacts her as a mother.
By Leslie Felperin FULL REVIEW
Oct 30, 2025
90
It’s a film that’s emotional, exhilarating, and essential.
By Jason Gorber FULL REVIEW
Oct 30, 2025
80
While her work certainly speaks for itself, it’s fascinating to hear Addario tell her own remarkable story.
By Nikki Baughan FULL REVIEW
Oct 30, 2025
75
Occasionally, Love + War does suffer from a sense of only skimming the surface of Addario’s life and complexity. . . But on its whole, it’s a smart, compelling documentary, one that sticks out by making its lead refreshingly, vulnerably human.
By Wilson Chapman FULL REVIEW
Oct 30, 2025
70
It takes awhile to get to why Lynsey is so passionate about her work, but the film eventually becomes real, raw and deeply human. It’s more of an exploration of why women aren’t typically known for war photojournalism, but Lynsey Addario hopes to change that stereotype for future generations.
By Matthew Creith FULL REVIEW
Oct 30, 2025
60
The work is the most important thing and Addario’s speaks for itself.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW
Oct 30, 2025
60
Love + War chooses to go wide rather than deep, resulting in a movie that, while pleasingly dynamic, offers less psychological insight than the photographs she has gambled everything to take. And perhaps that’s as it should be.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW

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Production Company
  • Little Monster Films
  • National Geographic Documentary Films
Release Date Oct 24, 2025
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating R
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Awards

Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
• 2 Nominations
Calgary International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Hamptons International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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