Rating of
3/4
effective soldier drama.
Ichabod Crane - wrote on 12/30/09
A movie effectively done with good acting throughout. It works because it humanizes the soldiers well in this movie without resorting to standard soldier can't stop fighting slop that other movies during this period is done. The movie is well adapt at showing the characters and realizing them well. It does not exploit anything to get feelings from the viewer but shows everything in a subtle way. The visits in the film are well done with each covering a different reaction well and I did not feel any were handled in the wrong way as they could have easily been. I feel since they did not go for over done fake emotions everything worked a lot better here than in the similar films with fantastic portraits of the two soldiers made.
