A Marine Story (2010)
Average Rating: 5.2/10
Reviews Counted: 5
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 2
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From the film makers of SHELTER and THE GYMNAST, comes a story set against the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy of the US Military. A decorated Marine officer unexpectedly returns home from the war and is quickly recruited to help a troubled teen prepare for boot camp, but when the true reasons for her return become known it threatens the future for both of them. -- (C) Official Site
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Dreya Weber
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Paris Pickard
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An impartial look at U.S. military service that movingly commands respect for the personnel while requiring neither support nor assigning blame for the politics behind unpopular war efforts
Top CriticSustained by Weber's strong presence, "A Marine Story" overcomes some flaws in continuity and superficial characterizations to drive home its underlying message about the injustice of "don't ask, don't tell"...
Ms. Weber (Mr. Farr's wife) anchors the movie with a gritty, honest performance that has the same to-the-bone quality as Melissa Leo's in Frozen River.
Relentlessly clumsy and predictable, A Marine Story is set in late 2008, just as a new political breeze is blowing. But its abrupt, wishful postscript is still just a fairy tale.
A plodding B-movie that exploits "don't ask, don't tell" with cheap psychology and cheaper thrills.
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