Home of the Brave

Name: Home of the Brave
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Released: December 15, 2006
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 42
Cast: 50 Cent, Jessica Biel, Samuel L. Jackson

2006

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: December 15, 2006 | R

Starring: 50 Cent, Jessica Biel, Samuel L. Jackson

Summary: Home of the Brave follows four returning soldiers as they survive the ravages of was in Iraq and then try to come home to continue their lives. (MGM)

Director: Irwin Winkler

Genre(s): Action, Drama, War

Rating: R

Runtime: 106 min

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Andrew O'Hehir

Home of the Brave isn't exactly a subtle or a delicate picture -- it's an old-fashioned Hollywood movie, at least in tone, that's being released like an indie -- but it has some terrific acting and comes straight from the heart. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

While Mark Friedman's script is as unsubtle as Winkler's direction, their sincerity and the subject's sharp immediacy lend the film a certain power. Read full review

Michael Rechtshaffen

Timeliness is all very well, but the significant subject matter cries out for a defter directorial touch and a deeper complexity in regard to the characters and performances. Read full review

Stephen Hunter

The best thing about the movie is that it's interested in the soldiers, not the self-serving popinjays who seem to think the war is a big fat career-enhancing photo opportunity. The people who got shot at deserve most of the attention. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

Starts with a bang and ends in a long, protracted whimper. Read full review

Nathan Lee

As sincere as a three-legged puppy. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

Starts well with the stirring spectacle of young men and women, members of a National Guard unit stationed south of Baghdad, struggling to do their duty in an alien land of unfathomable danger. Once they return, however, wounded physically or shattered spiritually, the film turns didactic, contrived and occasionally ludicrous.

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CarmenS.

Dec 9, 2006

Don't expect too much war scenes in this movie. This movie look at the effects on our Iraq veterans from the "hearts" perspective. Good movie. It makes you realize what they gone through or going through.

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NeilK

Dec 7, 2006

Sort of a mix between the VASTLY superior "Best Years of Our Lives" and an "ABC After School Special." It was OK... a film that may well be appreciated by the veterans of the Iraqi War and their families. Otherwise, SKIP IT. It just goes to show that if you have an Oscar, you can get an Sort of a mix between the VASTLY superior "Best Years of Our Lives" and an "ABC After School Special." It was OK... a film that may well be appreciated by the veterans of the Iraqi War and their families. Otherwise, SKIP IT. It just goes to show that if you have an Oscar, you can get an inexpensive film made... even with an obviously flawed and fixable script.… Expand

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JasonB.

Oct 22, 2007

Home of the Brave is overly dramatic, cliché, terribly casted and nihilistic with moments of unintentional zaniness. Unbelievable on every level. I started cleaning my living room 3/4 of the way through. If I had paid to see this I would be even more upset.

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