A dark but timely subject is handled deftly by writer/directer Owen Moverman and superbly acted by Woody Harrleson and Ben Foster.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Oren Moverman -
Producer -
Benjamin Goldhirsh , Mark Gordon -
Screenwriter -
Alessandro Camon , Oren Moverman -
Distributor -
Oscilloscope Pictures -
Production Co -
Sherazade Film Development , Oscilloscope Films , The Mark Gordon Company , Omnilab Media -
Rating -
R (Nudity|Language|Some Sexual Content) -
Genre -
Drama , Romance , War -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Nov 27, 2009, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Mar 8, 2017 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$1.1M -
Runtime -
1h 52m