Synopsis
After returning home from an extended tour in Afghanistan, a decorated U.S. Army medic and single mother struggles to rebuild her relationship with her young son.
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Cast
- Michelle MonaghanMaggie Swann
- Emmanuelle ChriquiAlma
- Pablo SchreiberStaff Sergeant Donovan
- Ron LivingstonRichard
- Freddy RodríguezGarver
- Dash MihokStaff Sergeant Malcolm
- John SavageMike Swann
- Oakes FegleyPaul
- Gbenga AkinnagbeSgt. Butcher
- Manolo CardonaLuis
Recommendations
- 80
Los Angeles Times
Despite what seem like the trappings of a Lifetime movie, writer-director Claudia Myers presents us with an unflinching and complex character study of an imperfect woman. - 75
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Fort Bliss is a solid tough-adjustment-coming-home melodrama built around a superb performance by Michelle Monaghan. - 70
Village Voice
[Michelle Monaghan's] at her best as Army medic/staff sergeant Maggie Swann in writer-director Claudia Myers's Fort Bliss. - 70
Variety
Fort Bliss is a flawed little gem of a movie, but Monaghan’s flawless performance is its own quiet call to arms. - 67
Christian Science Monitor
Myers, whose background is in documentaries involving Afghanistan and Iraq War vets, is good at capturing the revealing, offhand moments in this story, but Maggie’s conflicts about motherhood and the military needed a greater psychological scope than this film provides. - 63
RogerEbert.com
Although competently made, the film is such a run-of-the-mill military melodrama that it might have skipped its assuredly brief theatrical appearance and gone straight to VOD. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
Though it drags in spots and doesn’t convince on all fronts, Bliss is nonetheless a worthy minor addition to a canon of homefront films. - 60
The New York Times
Ms. Myers too often tells rather than shows, and she doesn’t have the cinematic skill set to transform her idea into a fully satisfying movie, especially at this low-budget level.
