Synopsis
Unable to serve in World War II because of a heart condition, a barber moves his family adjacent to a Wisconsin army base and prisoner-of-war camp to provide his services. But even in rural America -- far from the frontline -- the war finds victims.
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Cast
- Eric StoltzFrank Stirn
- Kate ConnorRuby Stirn
- Lyndsy FonsecaAnna Gerkey
- Andy HirschSam Dolnick
- Camryn ManheimFlorie
- Seymour CasselFather Mivkovek
- Brendan FehrSgt. Dominic Rossi
- Gara LonningGertie Stirn
- Johnny PacarTexas Slim
- Matthew LawrenceDan Griffin
Recommandations
- 70
Village Voice
If the film has a major flaw, it's the profusion of subplots in a 100-minute running time. Still, it is a real accomplishment. - 60
Variety
Connor and co-director Michael Worth allow Fort McCoy to proceed at an unhurried pace, giving Stoltz ample opportunity to subtly convey undercurrents of guilt and anger percolating beneath his character’s affable exterior. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Although many of the subplots play nicely, they take away from the main thrust of the film: a tightly knit family living so close to the enemy, who rarely is seen and never understood. So this is relegated to a footnote in favor of story lines that, while wholesome, are neither dramatic nor cinematic. - 50
Los Angeles Times
The period details are so lovingly burnished in this uneven, if heartfelt, feature that for a while they threaten to overpower the story, which delves gently into a rarely explored aspect of the war. - 50
Arizona Republic
There are some compelling elements here, probably too many for one film, but they're too often presented in a cliched way. Connor and co-director Michael Worth go for the easy sentiment, the expected route, leading to middling results. - 25
The Playlist
Overstuffed yet trite and empty, Fort McCoy attempts to mix heavy drama, slapstick comedy and romance all in the wrappings of a coming of age tale set in the summer of 1944, but flounders on all fronts, resulting in a picture that offers a rather naive and simplistic view of the murky territory between good and evil.