2005
Red Storm Productions
1 h 9 m

2005
Red Storm Productions
1 h 9 m

Summary In the wake of 9/11 three young people join the U.S. army, seeking direction in their lives. They discover that unless they conform fully to the army values, their personal issues are only magnified within the military. What unfolds is an intimate and heartbreaking account of their two-year wayward journeys. (Red Storm Productions)

Documentary

Directed By: Sarah Goodman

Written By: Sarah Goodman

2005
Red Storm Productions
1 h 9 m

2005
Red Storm Productions
1 h 9 m

Army of One

Name: Army of One
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2005-01-27
Duration: 1 min 9 s
Rating: 72
Cast: Serena Miller, Thaddeus Ressler, Nelson Reyes

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews

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Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews

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100

Film Threat

Should become required viewing for all troubled youth, their uncertain parents, the military establishment and their detractors or supporters.

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100

Christian Science Monitor

Concise, humane documentary.

By David Sterritt FULL REVIEW

Variety

Riveting and timely.

By Ken Eisner FULL REVIEW

New York Post

Goodman doesn't preach or point fingers. She lets the three recruits have their say, and allows viewers to make up their own minds on the issues her film raises.

By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW

Village Voice

If you can handle the truth, Sarah Goodman's entropic doc is as exquisite a basic training in banal U.S. Army culture as you're likely to find.

By Laura Sinagra FULL REVIEW

The A.V. Club

By the end, even Goodman seems to have lost interest.

By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Puts a bitterly ironic spin on the Army's best-known recruiting slogan, "Be all that you can be."

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