1989 · drama · biography · war
Born on the Fourth of July
Directed by Oliver Stone2h 25m1989
Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
Our read: Born on the Fourth of July (1989) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · biography · war entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / biography, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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