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Home of the Brave (2006) 5.5
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Metascore: 42/100
Reviews: 86 user | 66 critic | 15 from Metacritic.com Three soldiers struggle to readjust to life at home after returning home from a lengthy tour in Iraq. Director:Irwin Winkler |
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Will Marsh
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Penelope Marsh
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Cary
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Hank Yates
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Billy Marsh
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Ray
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Pvt. Shar
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Spc. Pendilla
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Mohamed Zinathlah | ... |
Amad Kamal
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The day after they get the word they'll go home in two weeks, a group of soldiers from Spokane are ambushed in an Iraqi city. Back stateside we follow four of them - a surgeon who saw too much, a teacher who's a single mom and who lost a hand in the ambush, an infantry man whose best friend died that day, and a soldier who keeps reliving the moment he killed a civilian woman. Each of the four has come home changed, each feels dislocation. Group therapy, V.A. services, halting gestures from family and colleagues, and regular flashbacks keep the war front and center in their minds. They're angry, touchy, and explosive: can a warrior find peace back home? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Release Date:
1 March 2007 (Netherlands) See more »Also Known As:
A Volta dos Bravos See more »Box Office
Budget:
$12,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$25,261 (USA) (11 May 2007)Gross:
$40,830 (USA) (18 May 2007)Company Credits
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Written by Richard Morales BMI / Ed Faris ASCAP
Performed by Veze Skante
Published by Perfectly Planned Entertainment BMI / Edward Faris Publishing ASCAP
Courtesy of Capo Regime
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When Army Private Tommy Yates (Brian Presley) left his parent's house getting into a taxi, after he decided to re-enlist for another tour, he was wearing a Marine 8-point cap (or cover) instead of the patrol cap or black beret which were the authorized headgear to go with the Desert Camouflage Uniform for US Army personnel. See more »Soundtracks
"Go with It"Written by Richard Morales BMI / Ed Faris ASCAP
Performed by Veze Skante
Published by Perfectly Planned Entertainment BMI / Edward Faris Publishing ASCAP
Courtesy of Capo Regime
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The War Inside, November 6, 2007 By Grady Harp (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME) HOME OF THE BRAVE is one of those films that is difficult to critique: the message of how war permanently alters the minds and bodies of soldiers and their families is a meaningful one and one about which we need to be reminded. Irwin Winkler has made some good films (DeLovely, Life as a House, Guilty by Suspicion), but in this film he seems to be working against the script by Mark Friedman which has a tendency to oversimplify emotions and thus loses its impact.
The film begins in Iraq where each of the main characters is at least tangentially connected. Dr. Will Marsh (Samuel L. Jackson) is in a truck driven by Vanessa (Jessica Biel) and accompanied by soldiers Tommy (Brian Presley) and Jamal (50 Cent AKA Curtis Jackson) when a roadside bomb explodes, maiming the hand of Vanessa, killing Tommy's best friend, making Jamal witness unnecessary civilian deaths, and placing Will in an impotent position as a doctor. Flash forward to Spokane, Washington where each of these four wounded people try to piece their lives together in a world that loathes the Iraq war (not at all unlike the treatment of soldiers returning from the unpopular Vietnam debacle), trying to make sense of it all.
The problem with the good idea for a movie lies in the too traditional plot lines. The actors (especially Presley and Biel) give it their all, but credibility enters and the smoke rises and we are left with a misplaced patriotism. The message is strong: the delivery of it is shaky. Grady Harp