2017 · drama · war
Thank You for Your Service
Directed by Jason Hall1h 49m2017
A group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield.
Our read: Thank You for Your Service (2017) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama · war entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured drama / war, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- heavy
- intense
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“You want a sober PTSD drama that takes veteran reintegration seriously, not heroics.”
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