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The ensemble cast works hard, but hammy direction and a script lacking in nuance ruins this movie's noble intentions.
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Obvious, plodding, cloying and politically innocuous. Apr 16, 2008
Obvious, plodding, cloying and politically innocuous.
John Anderson
I must say the best thing about the movie is that it's interested in the soldiers, not the self-serving popinjays who seem to think the war is a big fat career-enhancing photo opportunity. The people who got shot at deserve most of the attention. May 10, 2007 | Full Review…
I must say the best thing about the movie is that it's interested in the soldiers, not the self-serving popinjays who seem to think the war is a big fat career-enhancing photo opportunity. The people who got shot at deserve most of the attention.
Stephen Hunter
Earnest but lazy, fitfully laughable and insulting, Home of the Brave is cowardly work. Feb 3, 2007 | Rating: 0/6 | Full Review…
Earnest but lazy, fitfully laughable and insulting, Home of the Brave is cowardly work.
Stephen Garrett
This is a solid and timely piece of work from Hollywood veteran Irwin Winkler. Dec 18, 2006
This is a solid and timely piece of work from Hollywood veteran Irwin Winkler.
Richard Roeper
Home Of The Brave ultimately says ... what? War is tough. That's fair, and so is [director] Winkler's reluctance to engage the politics of this particular war and focus on the soldiers that fight it. Dec 17, 2006 | Rating: D+
Home Of The Brave ultimately says ... what? War is tough. That's fair, and so is [director] Winkler's reluctance to engage the politics of this particular war and focus on the soldiers that fight it.
Keith Phipps
The intentions are good. The actors have been assembled with care, and the production is polished. But everything feels assembled, as if it were put together from blueprints. Dec 15, 2006 | Rating: 2/4
The intentions are good. The actors have been assembled with care, and the production is polished. But everything feels assembled, as if it were put together from blueprints.
Stephen Whitty
Iraq war vets cope with big issues; not for kids. Dec 16, 2010 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Iraq war vets cope with big issues; not for kids.
Cynthia Fuchs
The war in Iraq gets a lathery soft soap treatment in producer-cum-director Irwin Winkler's distortion of emotions and realities associated with a group of returning soldiers. Apr 24, 2009 | Rating: D- | Full Review…
The war in Iraq gets a lathery soft soap treatment in producer-cum-director Irwin Winkler's distortion of emotions and realities associated with a group of returning soldiers.
Cole Smithey
...there's certainly no denying the effectiveness of one unintentionally hilarious moment in which Biel's spurned boyfriend exclaims, "I guess it only takes one hand to push people away!" Nov 9, 2007 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…
...there's certainly no denying the effectiveness of one unintentionally hilarious moment in which Biel's spurned boyfriend exclaims, "I guess it only takes one hand to push people away!"
David Nusair
Patriotic claptrap masquerading as a touchy-feely salute to the troops. Nov 8, 2007 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…
Patriotic claptrap masquerading as a touchy-feely salute to the troops.
Kam Williams
While the film tries to be sensitive to the people's plight, it does itself (and the soldiers) a disservice by presenting them as brittle, emotionally fragile victims. Oct 25, 2007 | Rating: 1.5/5 | Full Review…
While the film tries to be sensitive to the people's plight, it does itself (and the soldiers) a disservice by presenting them as brittle, emotionally fragile victims.
Kevin Carr
Missed opportunity for some cutting irony on behalf of indigenous people who have always been the victims in one way or another, of dubious celebrations like Thanksgiving, the laborers are instead merely a dramatic device - wallpaper really. Oct 21, 2007 | Full Review…
Missed opportunity for some cutting irony on behalf of indigenous people who have always been the victims in one way or another, of dubious celebrations like Thanksgiving, the laborers are instead merely a dramatic device - wallpaper really.
Prairie Miller
This is not a war movie... it's a movie about war. Home of the Brave has been the best movie to date on the psychological effects our soldiers endure when they return home from Iraq. It's riveting to see the demons they face. Truly inspirational... And don't worry about propaganda because it's neither Pro nor Anti War, the film does a great job of remaining completely neutral. This film boasts an A list cast with Samuel L. Jackson, Jessica Biel, Christina Ricci, Chad Michael Murray, Brian Presley, and 50 Cent, who was surprisingly impressive in this action drama. Don't be fooled, if you're looking for a movie chalk full of dead bodies, blood, and missing limbs, then this is not for you. The first 20 minutes is intense however (think Black Hawk Down), but the remainder of the movie is deep and touching.
Super Reviewer
Okay plain and simple, this movie is definitely similar to the film "Raising Flagg." Average, boring, random plot line, yet it contained some strong cast members who pretty much saved this film from being a disaster. So why is this movie such a disaster, you may ask? Plain and simple. It's a boring script which was probably written without any heart, considering how hollow the lines seemed to be. Nothing seemed to work with the scenes no matter who was in it. However some of the cast saved it from totally failing itself. If there were only minor actors who have had no previous experience it would have been pathetic. 2.5/5
I thought this was a great movie. I dont know how people thought it was a flop - it shows a side of the war that many movies are afraid to tackle, the aftermath. The movie takes an emotional ride through being there, leaving there, and surviving afterwords. It's done well and does justice for those who served and are dealing with hardships still today. It was a great cast and a great movie.
Good film.On the lines of the deer hunter but with the war focus on Iraq and with the dealing of today. Fine performance all round, Jessica Biel prove she more than a pretty face with Sam Jackson doing a fine job.All in all a good film with a bit of through.
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