Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Kirandeep Yoder The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

blastoise1 I have been looking up movies on this site and sort of trusting the masses and I have to say I am disappointed to see this movie getting such a rubbish rating and now feel like I probably should have just watched the other movies to find out for myself, rather than trusting the ratings.I personally can say that this is one of the best movies I have ever seen in my life. The other people who watched it and hated it, must like super boring movies or where having a bad day when they watched it, I really can't understand how they could give it 1 star.Anyone who likes war movies, and empathises with soldiers, will get the message and enjoy the movie. Top class.

GoldmundX This is really as bad and wrong as it gets. There've been several movies that highlight the difficulties soldiers go through when they come back home after whatever war they fought in. Most have at least tried to do a respectful job and some turned out into great movies (like Born on the 4th of July). Not this one. It's insulting. To veterans, to movie lovers, to people with a brain. At some points I thought, then hoped, it was actually a spoof. That might have been a bit distasteful, but would at least have explained the horrendous screenplay, abundance of cheesy clichés, stereotypes and bad acting. It's loaded with these cheesy flashbacks to help you understand the emotion at hand. Seriously, it is sooo bad at times, at some points it really gets hilarious and I was laughing out loud. Like the scene when Brian Presley's character comes to his dad's garage after 50 cents gets kind of accidentally shot by a sniper ("No no, god#*#!it") and looses it. His dad is a stereotype 'Man', hardliner ("shrinks are for pussies") but then shows his soft side and starts hugging his son extremely awkwardly, "it's OK, it's OK". It's hilarious. Do not buy the DVD but if you happen to have it like I do (it was in the $ 1 box) go to the 72nd minute for this classic scene. The laugh is worth a dollar. Some other great scenes: Jessica Biel is having a hard time coping with her hand prosthesis which is highlighted by exposing her to every imaginable situation were the prosthesis might get in her way. In one scene a man asks her if she 'needs a hand' (not kidding). In another scene her soon to be ex-boyfriend (casting didn't do a great job as well - the man is not really a believable boyfriend to Jessica Biel, with all due respect - and no, he's not beautiful from inside) spitefully tells her "I guess it only takes one good hand to push people away" (53d minute). I kid you not. But all laughs aside, this is meant to be a serious movie. And that's really really sad.

JoeytheBrit Sincerity oozes from every scene of The Home of the Brave, but it can't disguise a rather routine story that has been told many times before. Essentially an updating of The Best Years of Our Lives, the film follows the trials of three veterans of the Iraqi occupation as they struggle to adjust to life back in civvy street. Jennifer Beils returns home minus her hand, Brian Presley is haunted by witnessing the death of his childhood friend while on duty, and surgeon Samuel L. Jackson is guilt-stricken by the lack of emotion he felt when he failed to save the wounded soldiers on his operating table. Like Harold Russell, Biels struggles to come to terms with the loss of her hand (although the hook has been replaced by a chunky looking prosthetic), which costs her a relationship, and like Dana Andrews, Brian Presley returns home to find his job has been given to someone else and finds employment in a low-paid job (ticket clerk at a multiplex instead of Andrews' soda jerk). In easily the least convincing storyline, Jackson seeks refuge from his feelings in alcohol.The film's script can best be described as prosaic, with a couple of high-points standing out from the alarming reliance on familiar phrases and sentiments. The scene in the vice-principal's office is well played, and there are a couple of insightful moments, but everything looks too familiar, as if the film has been cobbled together as a kind of homage to the best of previous 'coming home' movies.While no one questions the bravery and dedication of the troops from all countries in places like Afghanistan and Iraq – and there is no suggestion that this film is anything other than a genuine attempt by the makers to depict how it feels to find yourself a stranger in your own land with emotions you can't control or understand – you can't really hope to create a successful film if you're not prepared to allow it to embrace the bigger picture. I wonder how many people return from these places feeling betrayed by their leaders, and that they've been used by their country for reasons other than altruistic. The idea that the war in Iraq is about America's need for oil, and the questions arising from the States' heavy involvement on the world stage and the perception such an involvement gives rise to amongst its own population and people around the world, is only briefly alluded to – and even then by a troubled juvenile who is ostensibly rebelling against his parents.

jmstaton The movie is great, I know the acting is a matter of opinion, but we are all entitled to our own OPINIONS.I was a medic there, from 2004-2005, Was assigned to an infantry unit.People here in the states will never know what it was like there. WWII, Vietnam, Korean Conflict and other engagements. These soldiers know what it's like to have been there and lost someone whom you have only know for a short time. I can actually know what these characters are going through, It's been 3 years, but certain things trigger memories, thoughts, and reactions. But you have to live on, and try not to think about these. it's not easy, but I have to live with it, like many other soldiers.Life is not fair, but you live with what your dealt.