Synopsis
19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks the film shows what really happened to his squad – contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.
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Cast
- Joe AlwynBilly Lynn
- Kristen StewartKathryn Lynn
- Chris TuckerAlbert
- Garrett HedlundDavid Dime
- Vin DieselShroom
- Steve MartinNorm Oglesby
- Makenzie LeighFaison
- Ismael Cruz CórdovaSgt. Holliday
- Arturo CastroMarcellino 'Mango' Montoya
- Ben PlattJosh
Recommendations
- 80
Variety
There’s a grand paradox at work in Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk. The film isn’t simply a technological experiment; it’s also a highly original, heartfelt, and engrossing story. And part of the power of it lies in the way that those two things are connected. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
An absorbing character study, even if it's ultimately not one that justifies its much-vaunted technological advances. - 67
IndieWire
So long as “Billy Lynn” remains focused on his ambiguous mindset, it remains an engaging, somewhat theatrical character study. But Lee’s ongoing need to complicate his approach yields a movie trapped between conventional narrative tropes and questionable attempts to deliver something that registers on a more visceral level. - 63
Slant Magazine
It does astounding work animating the mind of its young soldier, but it runs into technical difficulties whenever it tries to grasp the bigger picture. - 60
Screen Daily
It’s a radiant debut for young newcomer Joe Alwyn, who plays a Texan war hero uneasy in his own land. It’s a shakier curtain-raising for Lee’s ambitious weaponising of new technologies. - 58
The Playlist
Billy Lynn has its moments, but its critical and unexpected folly is that the cutting-edge technology diminishes the picture emotionally, its ungainly look trivializes the drama and indulges it with an undesirable air of superficiality. - 42
Consequence
Don’t let Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk‘s technical achievements carry the full weight of its errors. The plot and its poor execution leave the camerawork struggling to find much to dazzle with. - 40
TheWrap
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk winds up being a wearying experience, not because of its emotional content but because of its lack of cohesion and its ultimate collapse into gross and unearned sentimentality.
