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  • 2014
  • R
  • Monterey Media
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2014
  • R
  • Monterey Media
  • 1 h 40 m

Summary In the summer of 1944, Frank Stirn (Eric Stoltz) moves with his family to become a barber for the American Army and POW camp at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin. Embittered that he cannot fight, Frank must take a stand when a Nazi SS Officer threatens his wife (Kate Connor, playing her real-life grandmother). Her Catholic sister (Lyndsy Fonseca) fa...

Directed By: Kate Connor, Michael Worth

Written By: Kate Connor

  • 2014
  • R
  • Monterey Media
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2014
  • R
  • Monterey Media
  • 1 h 40 m

Fort McCoy

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary In the summer of 1944, Frank Stirn (Eric Stoltz) moves with his family to become a barber for the American Army and POW camp at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin. Embittered that he cannot fight, Frank must take a stand when a Nazi SS Officer threatens his wife (Kate Connor, playing her real-life grandmother). Her Catholic sister (Lyndsy Fonseca) fa...

Directed By: Kate Connor, Michael Worth

Written By: Kate Connor

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
47
17% Positive
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67% Mixed
4 Reviews
17% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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17% Positive
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67% Mixed
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17% Negative
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70
Aug 14, 2014
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.
By Steve Erickson FULL REVIEW
60
Aug 14, 2014
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.
By Joe Leydon FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 11, 2014
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.
By Bill Goodykoontz FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 14, 2014
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.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 14, 2014
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.
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25
Aug 14, 2014
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.
By Kevin Jagernauth FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Marzipan Entertainment
Release Date Aug 15, 2014
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating R
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Website http://fortmccoy-movie.net/
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Awards

Milano International Film Festival Awards (MIFF Awards)
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Fort Collins TriMedia Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
WorldFest Houston
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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