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The War at Home (1996)

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Reviews Counted:13

Fresh:7

Rotten:6

Average Rating:5.8/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 3 mins

Genre: Dramas

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: When Vietnam vet Jeremy Collier returns home to Texas, after serving in Vietnam, his presence immediately causes conflicts within his dysfunctional family. Then, during a climactic Thanksgiving... When Vietnam vet Jeremy Collier returns home to Texas, after serving in Vietnam, his presence immediately causes conflicts within his dysfunctional family. Then, during a climactic Thanksgiving weekend, the deeply traumatized Jeremy and his stony father have it out... and Jeremy reveals exactly what he endured in Vietnam. But only time will tell whether the family will pull together -- or become even more fractured -- after the holiday is over. [More]

Starring: Emilio Estevez, Kathy Bates, Martin Sheen, Kimberly Williams

Starring: Emilio Estevez, Kathy Bates, Martin Sheen, Kimberly Williams, Corin Nemec, Ann Hearn, Carla Gugino, Marcus H. Nelson, Michael Wiseman, Jena Kraus, Chad Morgan, Penny Allen, Geoffrey Blake, Renee Estevez, Tuan Tran, Paloma Estevez, Efrain Briones, Tyler Shea Cone, Harvey L. Cyphers, Christopher Dahlberg, Chris Drewy, Reed Frerichs, Anthony D-Wayne Kitchen, Enoch Lawrence, Joe Lowry, Le'Roy Nellis, Lee Andrew Pachicano, Jeff D. Richey, Yogi Rise, Octavio O. Sanchez, Derrick Sanders, William Carvell Townsel, Paul A. Watkins

Director: Emilio Estevez

Director: Emilio Estevez
Screenwriter: James Duff
Story: James Duff
Producer: Emilio Estevez, Brad Krevoy, Steve Stabler, James Duff
Composer: Basil Poledouris

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03/26/09
Derek Elley
Derek Elley
Variety
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Bates is excellent, and Sheen's performance marks a high point in the actor's wayward career.

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02/04/08
TV Guide's Movie Guide

It's never anything more than middlebrow, obvious and quite laboured -- and, for good and ill, very earnest.

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01/26/06
Time Out

In one dramatic moment, an upset Bates yells at and slaps Estevez, and suddenly Sheen brings up the subject of stolen peanut brittle.

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09/14/05
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

Excellent performances from the Sheen clan

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04/25/05
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

No review available.

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12/08/04
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

The film is so beautifully acted that you barely notice the staginess of some of the speeches.

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08/30/04
Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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01/09/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Shows the explosions generated by the Vietnam War after soldiers left the battlefields.

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08/26/02
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

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07/29/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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07/26/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
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06/05/02
Shlomo Schwartzberg
Shlomo Schwartzberg
Boxoffice Magazine

A confident, straight-ahead no-nonsense movie that delivers its message relentlessly with maximum impact.

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02/14/01
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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It's undoubtedly one of the most riveting portrayals of Vietnam's impact on the American family since Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter.

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01/01/00
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

Full of little acting moments that feel like ACK-ting moments.

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01/01/00
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
 
 
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