The Drummer

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The Drummer

2020

1h 39m

Drama

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Three interwoven stories reveal the traumatic effects of war on the psyches of veterans from different generations in THE DRUMMER, which stars Glover as Mark Walker, a Vietnam war veteran who has become a lawyer and political advocate for soldiers who have suffered mental health issues through their tenure with the Army. Walker works at The Drummer, a small, "anti-war" coffee shop, where the soldiers he meets open up the issue of the mental struggles and physical toll that war takes on veterans.

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Robert Daniels

RogerEbert.com

An acute character study of men and women picking up the pieces of a patriotic ideal that seems to have failed them.

Rated: 3/4

Nov 9, 2021

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Bob Strauss

San Francisco Chronicle

Defined only by their scars, all three lead characters feel generic, as if Werthman built them out of archetypes that ran through his case studies.

Rated: 1/4

Nov 8, 2021

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Sebastian Zavala Kahn

Ventana Indiscreta

The issues it handles, and the reality about Middle Eastern veterans that it paints, remain just as relevant today as they were ten or so years ago. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3/5

Dec 20, 2021

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Brian Costello

Common Sense Media

You'll agree or disagree with what the movie is saying, and there really isn't any in-between viewpoint, but no matter: The Drummer should provoke spirited discussion about war, antiwar, and the treatment of veterans.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 8, 2021

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Joel Fisher

Battle Royale With Cheese

The Drummer is an emotional and powerful story that is all too often repeated, but should never be left untold.

Nov 11, 2021

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NNOMY P

Not a movie for movie critics to determine the "entertainment value" of this important film. It is a societal corrective about the controversial wars of the USA and the price that is exacted on our fighting forces physically and psychically. A film that all young people should see and specially those thinking of joining the US Military.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/16/24

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Steve M

Good movie about soldiers coming home with PTSD, something not talked about before but maybe explains a lot about WW2, Korea, and Vietnam vets with mental troubles.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/05/23

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Three interwoven stories reveal the traumatic effects of war on the psyches of veterans from different generations in THE DRUMMER, which stars Glover as Mark Walker, a Vietnam war veteran who has become a lawyer and political advocate for soldiers who have suffered mental health issues through their tenure with the Army. Walker works at The Drummer, a small, "anti-war" coffee shop, where the soldiers he meets open up the issue of the mental struggles and physical toll that war takes on veterans.

Director: Eric Werthman
Producer: Vladan Nikolic, Eric Werthman
Screenwriter: Jessica Gohlke, Eric Werthman
Production Co: N and J Productions
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 9, 2021
Runtime: 1h 39m

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