New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
4 |
Clichés fly faster than the bullets... |
TV Guide
Ken Fox |
5 |
...it's hard to recommend such a thin, clichéd fictionalization when there are so many good documentaries featuring the voices of actual soldiers -- The War Tapes, The Ground Truth-- currently available. |
Reel
Jim Hemphill |
7 |
...doesn't have much new to offer aside from the specificity of a new war, but its empathy for its characters and a bunch of knockout performances make it worth a look. |
Slant Magazine
Nick Schager |
3 |
Without an ounce of ingenuity but plenty of moralizing, Home of the Brave repackages Patricia Foulkrod's The Ground Truth--a piercing documentary about vets' struggles to reintegrate into society once home from Iraq--into a laughably clichéd, melodramatic, Oscar-courting prestige pic. |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
5 |
...a Hallmark TV drama about the very antithesis of a Hallmark moment. |
New York Times
Stephen Holden |
4 |
...as this cautious, politically evenhanded movie grinds along like clockwork, the fuse that should spark an emotional explosion fizzles after some sporadic hisses and sputters. |
Los Angeles Times
Sam Adams |
4 |
...too clichéd. |
People
Jason Lynch |
4 |
...devoid of anything resembling emotion. |
LA Weekly
Nathan Lee |
2 |
The heart is very much in the right place, but did it have to be placed so far out on the sleeve and must it bleed so profusely? |
Village Voice
Nathan Lee |
2 |
The heart is very much in the right place, but did it have to be placed so far out on the sleeve and must it bleed so profusely? |
Onion AV Club
Keith Phipps |
4 |
...the film is assembled from [poor] material, leftover parts of Lifetime movies and well-meaning indie films seen only on opening nights at some forgotten festival in Tampa. |
Maxim
Pete Hammond |
6 |
...a stirring story of veterans and the problems they face at home. |
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer |
5 |
...a formulaic, overacted piece of work that rarely delves deep. |
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