Fort McCoy

Name: Fort McCoy
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: August 15, 2014
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 47

2014

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Monterey Media | Release Date: August 15, 2014 | R

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) fallsIn 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) falls for a Jewish soldier (Andy Hirsch) haunted by the battle of Monte Cassino and the death of his best friend (Matthew Lawrence). Their audacious friend (Camryn Manheim) encourages the couple, while the local priest (Seymour Cassel) cannot. Frank's daughter befriends a young German prisoner during this magical summer, but war still finds its victims even thousands of miles from the battlefields.… Expand

Director: Kate Connor and Michael Worth

Genre(s): Drama, History, War

Rating: R

Runtime: 100 min

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Steve Erickson

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. Read full review

Joe Leydon

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. Read full review

Sheri Linden

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. Read full review

Bill Goodykoontz

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. Read full review

Karsten Kastelan

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. Read full review

The Playlist Kevin Jagernauth

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. Read full review

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