Movie

The War at Home

1996 · 119 min

A slow-burning, claustrophobic family drama that simmers with unspoken trauma before erupting into raw confrontation.

Tagline: There Is A Secret About To Explode.
Overview: Jeremy Collier is a Vietnam veteran who has returned home and is struggling to cope with the war experiences that haunt him. He is also at odds with his family, who cannot begin to understand what he has been through. Jeremy's battles with his family finally spiral out of control on Thanksgiving Day, when a bitter secret is revealed
How it feels: Tense, dark, melancholic and bleak. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, trauma, war, isolation
Content: Strong violence and language. Mild gore and sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
trauma
war
isolation
betrayal
Places: small town
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild