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The War at Home

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The War at Home (1996)

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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]
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 reveals exactly what he endured in Vietnam. But only time will tell whether the family will pull together -- or become even more fractured -- after the holiday is over. [Less]

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

DVD Info

Release:

Sep 3, 2002

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case

Audio:

  • TBD

Additional Release Material:

  • TBD

Interactive Features:

  • Scene Access
  • Interactive Menus

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Bates is excellent, and Sheen's performance marks a high point in the actor's wayward career.

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02/04/08 03:59 PM
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It's never anything more than middlebrow, obvious and quite laboured -- and, for good and ill, very earnest.

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01/26/06 03:16 AM
Time Out
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In one dramatic moment, an upset Bates yells at and slaps Estevez, and suddenly Sheen brings up the subject of stolen peanut brittle.

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09/14/05 01:34 AM
Michael Dequina
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Excellent performances from the Sheen clan

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04/25/05 12:34 AM
Clint Morris
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No review available.

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12/08/04 09:42 PM
Emanuel Levy
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The film is so beautifully acted that you barely notice the staginess of some of the speeches.

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08/30/04 10:17 PM
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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01/09/03 01:25 PM
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
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Shows the explosions generated by the Vietnam War after soldiers left the battlefields.

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08/26/02 11:17 AM
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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07/29/02 09:38 AM
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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07/26/02 02:33 AM
Scott Weinberg
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06/05/02 08:20 AM
Shlomo Schwartzberg
Boxoffice Magazine
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A confident, straight-ahead no-nonsense movie that delivers its message relentlessly with maximum impact.

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02/14/01 12:37 AM
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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It's undoubtedly one of the most riveting portrayals of Vietnam's impact on the American family since Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter.

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01/01/00 12:00 AM
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle
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Full of little acting moments that feel like ACK-ting moments.

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01/01/00 12:00 AM
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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