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Not Yet Begun to Fight

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Leonard Maltin leonardmaltin.com 11/01/2013
This is not a slickly packaged reality-show experience. Through the filmmakers, Shasta Grenier and Sabrina Lee, we become witnesses to an evolutionary process. Go to Full Review
Martin Tsai Los Angeles Times 10/31/2013
The juxtaposition of untouched wilderness with broken bodies in "Not Yet Begun to Fight" adds urgency to its lofty existential conundrum (and mercifully helps the film avoid turning into a glorified infomercial for Hastings' organization). Go to Full Review
Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter 10/28/2013
This intimate documentary presents a human face on the corrosive effects of war. Go to Full Review
Frank Lovece Film Journal International 10/24/2013
Hour-long documentary about an organization teaching fly fishing to wounded combat veterans creates a saintly subject and feels incomplete. Go to Full Review
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10/29/2014 What a wonderful story portrayed in the peaceful backdrop of Montana. A poignant telling of the war experiences of these five men, and the lives they are living now. They served bravely and have endured. Beautifully told. See more 05/20/2014 This was only an hour long but hugely powerful. Profiling several wounded combat veterans who go to a fishing camp run by a Vietnam veteran -who found that fly-fishing (the act of catch and release) helped him deal with his own emotional distress. Through intimate interviews we learn what the men did in the war; pilots, SEAL's, bomb disposal, drivers and then the human cost of war is shown as they try to come to terms with their new reality. Most are suffering from blast injuries and PTSD. Packs a huge punch, such valuable men now so damaged. The SEAL stood out; a huge barrel chested man now missing a leg, confined to a wheelchair and unable to speak but as his tattoo says "we ain't done fighting yet" Wow. 05.25.14 See more Read all reviews
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Director
Shasta Grenier