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Home of the Brave

2006 · 106 min

A heavy, somber look at soldiers struggling to return to normal life, with raw emotional pain and little relief.

Directed by
Irwin Winkler
Genres
War, Drama
Starring
Samuel L. Jackson, Jessica Biel, Christina Ricci
Tagline
The final test of courage is coming home.
Overview
The day after they get the word they'll go home in two weeks, a group of soldiers from Spokane are ambushed in an Iraqi city. Back stateside we follow four of them - a surgeon who saw too much, a teacher who's a single mom and who lost a hand in the ambush, an infantry man whose best friend died that day, and a soldier who keeps reliving the moment he killed a civilian woman.

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Directed by
Irwin Winkler
Genres
War, Drama
Starring
Samuel L. Jackson, Jessica Biel, Christina Ricci
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • trauma
  • war
  • grief
  • isolation
  • healing
Places
  • small town
  • military
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror3
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight9

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Genres
war, drama
Directed by
Irwin Winkler
Written by
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Starring
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Cinematography
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Runtime
106 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
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