The Messenger

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Robert K This was a small but lovely film. Most movies concentrate on the combat aspects of war, but this one dealt only with the aftermath. This movie never relied on typical Hollywood gimmicks, just the bare emotions that only the victims of war will ever understand. I've never seen Ben Foster before, but his performance was incredible, and Woody, well let's just say that this was the best acting of his life in a long a varied career. This is an important movie, by adults, for adults. Catch it. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/21/24 Full Review Omar S A great story and realistic. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/24 Full Review Kyle M Films like this nicely provides depth behind a crucial job that we acknowledged and appropriately appreciate what surrounds the associated tasks that the assigned person has to perform. The picture here impeccably outlined the narrative that thoroughly expressed the involved lengths between professional ethics and bending attached morality, next to personal hardships that dynamically collaborates as perspective heal. Genuinely dark via sympathy in a timely matter as the deliverances were sharply executed just as realistically for hard-hitting resonance whilst attempting to represent different cases. Mainly elevated by the paired chemistry of Foster and Harrelson at one of their finest feats in exceptionally capturing what the job tends to hold. (A-) Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/07/22 Full Review isla s This film reminded me a little of a TV film called 'Resting Place', which I very much liked. It focusses primarily on the perhaps somewhat stereotyped(?) macho masculine persona of the American army/military, in the form of Captain Tony Stone (played by Woody Harrelson. Harrelson is an actor I am generally quite keen on - his presence made me more curious to see it) having to supervise and train staff sergeant Will Montgomery (played by Ben Foster) in relaying the tragic loss of a loved one to their next of kin, in a very specific, no-frills, procedural way. Steve Buscemi is also in the cast, playing a relative of alot fighter called Dale Martin and Samantha Morton gives a solid performance as Olivia Pitterson. I also like films with a moral/ethical aspect to it, which this does have. I found some of the plot details frustrating, certainly not in terms of believability, sadly, more so in terms of what it's shining a light on. It's an understandably sobering watch, not a war based action thriller but in terms of the themes and realities depicted. I won't go into any additional level of detail, for obvious spoiler reasons. The acting is good and its certainly a thought provoking watch, so I'd recommend it on that basis. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review jed i 5.7/10 — "Mediocre"/"Passable" Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Not quite enough for 4 stars, but this film was worth seeing, in my view. It gives some very real insights into the soldier's process upon returning to the calm of home, and finding very real chaos still inside. This film is slow at points for sure, covers very tough material, and shows a ton of heart. I expect that it will be quite divisive with some audiences because it is paced slowly and the main characters (Foster and Harrelson) are maybe a bit hard to empathize with at times, especially at first. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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