favorable reviews." Roger Ebert gave the film four stars out of four praising the film for its depiction of war. The film made the top-10 list of the National Board of Review. Eastwood also earned a Golden Globe nomination for directing. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards — for Best Sound Mixing (John T. Reitz, David E. Campbell, Gregg Rudloff, and Walt Martin) and Sound Editing. Film critic Richard Roeper said, "Clint Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers stands with the Oscar-winning Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby as an American masterpiece. It is a searing and powerful work from a 76-year-old artist who remains at the top of his game... [and] Flags of Our Fathers is a patriotic film in that it honors those who fought in the Pacific, but it is also patriotic because it questions the official version of the truth, and reminds us that superheroes exist only in comic books and cartoon movies." Top ten lists Flags of Our Fathers was listed on numerous critics' top ten lists for 2006. 1st – Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times (tied with Letters from Iwo Jima) 1st – Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune 1st – Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter 1st – Stephen Hunter, The Washington Post 2nd – Scott Foundas, L.A. Weekly (tied with Letters from Iwo Jima) 3rd – Peter Travers, Rolling Stone (tied with Letters from Iwo Jima) 3rd – Shawn Levy, Portland Oregonian (tied with Letters from Iwo Jima) 3rd – Jack Matthews, New York Daily News (tied with Letters from Iwo Jima) 3rd – Lou Lumenick, New York Post (tied with Letters from Iwo Jima) 3rd – Richard Roeper, At the Movies (tied with Letters from Iwo Jima) 3rd – Claudia Puig, USA Today 4th – William Arnold, Seattle Post-Intelligencer 5th – Ray Bennett, The Hollywood Reporter 5th – Richard Schickel, Time 5th – David Edelstein, Fresh Air (tied with Letters from Iwo Jima) 7th – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times (tied with Letters from Iwo Jima) Best of 2006 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – David Denby, The New Yorker Box office Despite critical acclaim, the film under-performed at the box office, earning just $65,900,249 worldwide on an estimated $90 million production budget. Its companion film Letters From Iwo Jima was more profitable with a box office run of $71 million on a budget of $19 million. Spike Lee controversy At the 2008 Cannes Film Festival,