The War at Home (1996)
54 %
Reviews Counted: 13 Fresh: 7 Rotten:6 Average Rating: 5.8/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 3 mins
Synopsis:
When Vietnam vet Jeremy Collier returns home to Texas, after serving in Vietnam, his presence immediately causes conflicts within his dysfunctional family. Then, during a climactic Thanksgiving weekend, the deeply traumatized Jeremy and his stony father have it out... and Jeremy... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Kathy Bates, Martin Sheen, Kimberly Williams, Corin Nemec
Director: Emilio Estevez
Screenwriter: James Duff
Story: James Duff
Producer: Emilio Estevez, Brad Krevoy, Steve Stabler, James Duff
Composer: Basil Poledouris
Screenwriter: James Duff
Story: James Duff
Producer: Emilio Estevez, Brad Krevoy, Steve Stabler, James Duff
Composer: Basil Poledouris
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Reviews
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Bates is excellent, and Sheen's performance marks a high point in the actor's wayward career.
02/04/08 03:59 PM
It's never anything more than middlebrow, obvious and quite laboured -- and, for good and ill, very earnest.
01/26/06 03:16 AM
In one dramatic moment, an upset Bates yells at and slaps Estevez, and suddenly Sheen brings up the subject of stolen peanut brittle.
09/14/05 01:34 AM
The film is so beautifully acted that you barely notice the staginess of some of the speeches.
08/30/04 10:17 PM
Top Critic Shows the explosions generated by the Vietnam War after soldiers left the battlefields.
08/26/02 11:17 AM
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06/05/02 08:20 AM
A confident, straight-ahead no-nonsense movie that delivers its message relentlessly with maximum impact.
02/14/01 12:37 AM
Top Critic It's undoubtedly one of the most riveting portrayals of Vietnam's impact on the American family since Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter.
01/01/00 12:00 AM
Full of little acting moments that feel like ACK-ting moments.
01/01/00 12:00 AM
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