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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
Genre: Dramas
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... 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. [More]
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Kathy Bates, Martin Sheen, Kimberly Williams
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Kathy Bates, Martin Sheen, Kimberly Williams, Corin Nemec, Ann Hearn, Carla Gugino, Marcus H. Nelson, Michael Wiseman, Jena Kraus, Chad Morgan, Penny Allen, Geoffrey Blake, Renee Estevez, Tuan Tran, Paloma Estevez, Efrain Briones, Tyler Shea Cone, Harvey L. Cyphers, Christopher Dahlberg, Chris Drewy, Reed Frerichs, Anthony D-Wayne Kitchen, Enoch Lawrence, Joe Lowry, Le'Roy Nellis, Lee Andrew Pachicano, Jeff D. Richey, Yogi Rise, Octavio O. Sanchez, Derrick Sanders, William Carvell Townsel, Paul A. Watkins
Director: Emilio Estevez
Director: Emilio Estevez
Screenwriter: James Duff
Story: James Duff
Producer: Emilio Estevez, Brad Krevoy, Steve Stabler, James Duff
Composer: Basil Poledouris
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Release:
Sep 3, 2002
Reviews for The War at Home
Bates is excellent, and Sheen's performance marks a high point in the actor's wayward career.
It's never anything more than middlebrow, obvious and quite laboured -- and, for good and ill, very earnest.
In one dramatic moment, an upset Bates yells at and slaps Estevez, and suddenly Sheen brings up the subject of stolen peanut brittle.
The film is so beautifully acted that you barely notice the staginess of some of the speeches.
Shows the explosions generated by the Vietnam War after soldiers left the battlefields.
A confident, straight-ahead no-nonsense movie that delivers its message relentlessly with maximum impact.
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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