Thank You for Your Service (2017)

A group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield.

Director:

Jason Hall

Writers:

David Finkel (Thank You for Your Service by), Jason Hall

Stars:

Miles Teller, Beulah Koale, Joe Cole

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Miles Teller	...	Adam Schumann
Beulah Koale	...	Tausolo Aieti
Joe Cole	...	Billy Waller
Scott Haze	...	Michael Emory
Haley Bennett	...	Saskia Schumann
Amy Schumer	...	Amanda Doster
Omar J. Dorsey	...	Dante
Keisha Castle-Hughes	...	Alea Aieti
Brad Beyer	...	Sergeant James Doster
Kerry Cahill	...	Anna Waller
Stella Pileggi	...	Zoe Schumann (as Stella La'ren Pileggi)
David Morse	...	Fred Gusman
Adam Schumann	...	Staff Sgt. on Tarmac
Tony Winters	...	Taxi Driver
Han Soto	...	Doctor

Storyline

DreamWorks Pictures' Thank You for Your Service follows a group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq who struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield. Starring an ensemble cast led by Miles Teller, Haley Bennett, Joe Cole, Amy Schumer, Beulah Koale, Scott Haze, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Brad Beyer, Omar J. Dorsey and Jayson Warner Smith, the drama is based on the bestselling book by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author David Finkel. Jason Hall, who wrote the screenplay of American Sniper, makes his directorial debut with Thank You for Your Service and also serves as its screenwriter. Jon Kilik (The Hunger Games series, Babel) produces the film, while Ann Ruark (Biutiful) and Jane Evans (Sin City) executive produces.

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Plot Keywords:

soldier | violence | profanity | posttraumatic stress disorder | married couple | 

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Genres:

Biography | Drama | War

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violent content, language throughout, some sexuality, drug material and brief nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA India

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 October 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Thank You for Your Service

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$3,817,700, 29 October 2017

Gross USA:

$9,467,000

Company Credits

Production Co:

DreamWorks, Reliance Entertainment, Dune Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

109 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Amy Schumer donated all the money she earned for this movie to army war vet foundations.

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Goofs

When Schumann and Emory are driving "fast" in the Dodge Challenger, the interior shots of the car show 4 doors. The Dodge Challenger is only 2 doors.

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Quotes

Adam Schumann: [while having sex, Adam hallucinates Saskia getting hit with gunfire] Get off!
[he starts panting]
Saskia Schumann: What happened? What did I do? I don't understand. Tell me what to do. I need you to talk to me, Adam. It's time. I've given you months!
Adam Schumann: I thought we were broke, and you're buying fucking lingerie!
Adam Schumann: I thought you were fine. You're lying to me, I found your VA questionnaire, everything's a lie!
Saskia Schumann: I'm not lying.
Saskia Schumann: You're fucked up! You're not looking for a job! You're sick and I can't do anything if you ...
[...]

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Connections

Referenced in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Miles Teller/P!nk/Austin Rogers/William Patrick Corgan (2017)

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Soundtracks

What Is Love
Written by John Eichendorff (as Dee Halligan) & Junior Torello
Performed by Haddaway
Courtesy of Razor & Tie

User Reviews

difficult movie to watch

This was a very difficult movie to watch. Rather than a war movie, it's an after-the-war movie with the returning soldiers all struggling to cope with different degrees of physical and mental disability. Betrayed by loved ones they left at home, struggling with brain injuries due to road-side bomb attacks, plagued with survivor guilt and all of them let down by the Army and Veterans Administration that's supposed to be helping them.

The movie it is most like is the outstanding "The Best Years of Our Lives" which was a multi-Oscar winner in its day, following how three war veterans try, with varying degrees of success, to reclaim their civilian lives. "Thank You for Your Service" is a much more brutal version of that story in terms of language and emotional angst of the survivors. Both are well worth watching.