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In Country

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Samantha Hughes (Emily Lloyd) lives with her uncle, Emmett Smith (Bruce Willis), in a small Kentucky town. After her high school graduation, she decides not to join her mother, Irene (Joan Allen), in Lexington, but instead stays with Emmett, whose mental and physical health have been affected by his experiences in the Vietnam War. Samantha's father, Dwayne (Daniel Jenkins), died in Vietnam before she was born, and she hopes to learn more about him from her traumatized uncle.
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With a slow build to a dramatic conclusion, In Country benefits largely from its strong acting, particularly by Emily Lloyd in the lead role.

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Michael Wilmington Los Angeles Times There's a decency about this movie that's almost palpable. It's not trying to pump us up with false jingoism or the sins of the past. Jewison, a Canadian, probably approaches the entire subject with a mediatory mood. Rated: 3/5 May 7, 2013 Full Review Desmond Ryan Philadelphia Inquirer In essence, In Country is a well-turned variation on the quest to find a father that shows up in the folk tales of almost any culture. Rated: 3/4 May 7, 2013 Full Review Jay Boyar Orlando Sentinel The scene at the memorial is one of the film's best, but director Jewison fails to find in it anything close to the level of emotional force that the same scene in Mason's book has. Rated: 3/5 May 7, 2013 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Filmmaker Norman Jewison does a nice job of establishing the small town (and its myriad of denizens) in which Lloyd's affable character resides... Rated: 2/4 Jan 13, 2019 Full Review Gary Thompson Philadelphia Daily News Jewison manipulates the audience's familiarity with this national monument to achieve the kind of dramatic pitch that the characters themselves could not attain. Rated: 2.5/4 May 7, 2013 Full Review David Sterritt Christian Science Monitor Unfortunately, the last half-hour slides into the weepiest sort of sentimentality. May 7, 2013 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Even in our own country war is impossible to escape forever Bruce Willis, Emily Lloyd, and Joan Allen directed by Norman Jewison In Kentucky Samantha lives with her uncle, Emmett Upon graduation she doesn’t want to join her mother in Lexington She stays with Emmett and becomes fascinated by his past experiences as a soldier fighting the Vietcong forces Emmett tells her though to drop it as his mental and physical health have been draining away Mainly due to the fact that the war in Vietnam tore him apart and he’s never fully recovered Samantha’s father died in the war as it turns out yet she wants to learn more Lloyd actually reminds me of a young Laura Dern Willis gives a very committed performance as this man who’s PTSD starts coming back the more his past is bright up abs slowly eating away at him Particularly the last half of the movie he confronts Sam about every painful detail Oddly though the first half of this focuses more on Lloyd’s character than Emmett And the film is too long at 2 hours Truth is nobody can ever truly understand what war is like amidst all the gunfire, blood, and death even surviving after the fact and living with it After a while maybe you just don’t care anymore and quit feeling Still it’s one of those rare character dramas that has a specific mood being more about the emotions following war teaching us we can release the grief and the pain Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/29/24 Full Review steve d So slow you may check out before anything happens. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Great sleeper film. This was the first meaty role that I had seen Bruce Willis perform and it was the first time I said, "hey, this guy can actually act". Emily Lloyd's lightness elevates this and the reality of Vietnam veteran Jim Beaver and partner in crime Stephen Tobolowsky grounds it. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Stephen S Not particularly good. Not the worst film, and to be honest, the last few minutes of this when they visit the Vietnam memorial are great. However, the rest of the movie feels really disjointed and confused. If the director was trying to do this deliberately to try and capture the characters' emotions, I would understand and appreciate it. But it's not done deliberately, it's just clumsy as hell. That being said, this is far from the worst war movie out there, it's just nothing special. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 08/08/15 Full Review Audience Member A great tribute to veterans everywhere. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member my mama was in this movie she was the drug store clerk that called back for a. price check. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Samantha Hughes (Emily Lloyd) lives with her uncle, Emmett Smith (Bruce Willis), in a small Kentucky town. After her high school graduation, she decides not to join her mother, Irene (Joan Allen), in Lexington, but instead stays with Emmett, whose mental and physical health have been affected by his experiences in the Vietnam War. Samantha's father, Dwayne (Daniel Jenkins), died in Vietnam before she was born, and she hopes to learn more about him from her traumatized uncle.
Director
Norman Jewison
Producer
Richard Roth, Norman Jewison
Production Co
Warner Bros.
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 11, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$3.3M
Runtime
2h 0m
Sound Mix
Surround
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