The Dry Land

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Audience Member It covers PTSD well. But the overall story is a little dull. Good performances. Almost too real to be entertaining. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member I expect to see more Iraq & Afghanistan coming home movies, but this one needed a lot more work. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member An interesting look at PTSD that never manages to be engaging. I admire the attempt to create something that can inform viewers, but I was any engaged every now and again. Wilmer Valderrama is surprisingly effective, and Ryan O'Nan is well-cast as a depressive Iraq war vet, but the film doesn't really manage to connect on a level that doesn't feel like a sappy indie weeper. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member another soldier returns fron traq with PTSD and other issues and tries 2 readjust to life in the states clear rating Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Really enjoyed the whole movie a lot except for the ending. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member A ponderous message-movie that is pretty-much all drama (there is very little "lite" here). The Dry Land is a story of an Iraq war vet returning home to rural western Texas to the loving arms of his wife (America Ferrera -- TV's Ugly Betty) only to realize he cannot make things "right" in his mind with what occured on the other side of the world. He meets fellow soldiers and friends and tries to make peace; but the film depicts the folly of war. Humans aren't made to be killing machines without something inside each of us changing. For a brief time, it felt as if this was going to be a retread of the Americanized version of the film Brothers, but it eventually steered itself into a different direction which was good. There really isn't much to discuss about this quiet film. Like it's title suggests ... the story doesn't meander like a river -- it is just all-out and flat. There is an expanse of land to look at and take in -- and that is what this film is all about. Look at war. Look at its problems. Look at its "solutions". Look at us. Look ... Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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