Synopsis
The day after they get the word they'll go home in two weeks, a group of soldiers from Spokane are ambushed in an Iraqi city. Back stateside we follow four of them - a surgeon who saw too much, a teacher who's a single mom and who lost a hand in the ambush, an infantry man whose best friend died that day, and a soldier who keeps reliving the moment he killed a civilian woman.
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Cast
- Samuel L. JacksonWilliam Marsh
- Jessica BielVanessa Price
- Christina RicciSarah Schivino
- Victoria RowellPenelope Marsh
- 50 CentJamal Aiken
- Sam JonesBilly Marsh
- Chad Michael MurrayJordan Owens
- Jeffrey NordlingCary
- Brian PresleyTommy Yates
- Vyto RuginisHank Yates
Recommendations
- 70
Salon
Home of the Brave isn't exactly a subtle or a delicate picture -- it's an old-fashioned Hollywood movie, at least in tone, that's being released like an indie -- but it has some terrific acting and comes straight from the heart. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
Timeliness is all very well, but the significant subject matter cries out for a defter directorial touch and a deeper complexity in regard to the characters and performances. - 50
Entertainment Weekly
Evenness of political keel, combined with a generic filmmaking style, is an artistic weapon way too puny for a successful assault on so tough, bruising, and crucial a subject. - 50
ReelViews
Had Home of the Brave presented credible stories about believable characters, it might have been a powerful drama. - 50
Christian Science Monitor
Home of the Brave is a milestone of sorts. But it's a formulaic, overacted piece of work that rarely delves deep. - 50
Los Angeles Times
The movie's mild-mannerness is especially disappointing when compared with such documentaries as "The War Tapes" and the excellent "Home Front," vivid and incisive explorations of post-Iraq anger and disillusionment that have gone largely unseen by a disinterested public. If Americans are suffering from Iraq fatigue, Home of the Brave will do little to rouse them. - 40
Village Voice
As sincere as a three-legged puppy. - 40
The New York Times
As this cautious, politically evenhanded movie grinds along like clockwork, the fuse that should spark an emotional explosion fizzles after some sporadic hisses and sputters.
