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Trent K 06/10/2023 If you have ever been to been to war, this is a great movie. You come back with scars no matter if they are visible or not. Over 23-veterans a day commit suicide. If you or a love one needs help, contact your local doctor or the VA for help, it works. See more 06/20/2020 This is a small movie that stars one of my favorites, James Cromwell, as an elderly WWII veteran. <p> The contemporary moments of the movie have to do with Cromwell's grandson's deployment in Iraq, but the flashback segments involve first, that same grandson, as a 12-year-old, finding Cromwell's souvenir chest full of mementos he brought back from the European Theater. His asking Cromwell about three of those souvenirs goes to the heart both of his future Iraq tour, and of his grandfather's WWII experience. <p> Second, are the farther flashbacks to Cromwell's deployment in Europe. What the grandfather experiences influences both his explanations of those three objects to the younger grandson, and that grandson's own behavior fighting in Iraq in the present. <p> Three things about this movie struck me. First, Cromwell had served in the Army with the 82nd Airbourne, the same Division as my dad. The two WWII battle sequences in the film are Operation Market Garden (A Bridge Too Far), and the Battle of the Bulge. My dad was in both of those epic battles. <p> The second thing, and this really blew my mind, is that one of the souvenirs Cromwell brought back is a Walther P38 pistol that he takes off a dying German officer. My dad brought back only one single souvenir from Europe, a Walther P38 taken too, we believe, from a dying or dead German Officer. Third, when the older Cromwell is telling his grandson about his war experiences, it's clear he's living with the onset of dementia. By the end of the movie, it's a valid assumption that he dies from complications due to that dementia. This is the same progression my dad suffered through, mounting complications killing him as well. <br> PTSD is everywhere in this movie. I've come to believe that almost everyone who goes to war suffers some degree of PTSD. I know my dad did. Cromwell certainly does in this movie. And it's clear that the grandson's Iraq experience has brutalized him in the same manner. <p> As I say, this is a small movie. It did, however, affect me in a big way. See more 09/03/2019 Incredible, heart wrenching story of a bond between a boy and his war veteran grandfather. See more 01/30/2017 Pretty good movie, very sentimental. See more farah r @Farah 09/15/2016 A moving and inspiring story supported by a solid cast and a great script. Very enjoyable for the family to watch. See more 07/28/2015 A very moving story about our soldiers old and young, and their demons. See more Read all reviews

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