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Theatrical Release Date:
11/13/2009
DVD Release Date:
05/18/2010
Run Time:
105min.
Starring:
Director(s):
Distributor(s):
Oscilloscope
MPAA Rating:
R for language and some sexual content/nudity.
Genre(s):
Drama
Plot: In his most powerful performance to date, Ben Foster stars as Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army officer who has just returned home from a tour in Iraq and is assigned to the Army's Casualty Notification service. Read More
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This movie was amazing; it is probably one of the best movies that I have seen in a long time. It has so much emotion that you can almost feel what the characters are feeling. Ben Foste... r and Woody Harrelson both give an incredible performance. Full Review
I liked it more then The Hurt Locker. I cared more about these characters. I was emotionally invested. I thought the Hurt Locker was a little cliche. It was good, but not great. I really didn't care a... bout the main character in the Hurt Locker. I felt like it was the same re-hashed story of the soldier that likes war a little to much. But The Messenger takes a different approach to the Shell Shocked Soldier. This is not a war movie. But it has it's affects all over it. It really made me connect and feel what these characters were going through. They were experiencing their own post traumatic stress disorder after every message they delivered. They were already scared by their past, so their job add in creating these multi-layered characters. I recommend it. Full Review
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