20/24
Plot
An Afghanistan veteran in a mysterious relationship with her dead army best friend meets her grandfather, a Vietnam veteran, at the family’s lakeside home. Morgan Freeman and Ed Harris have already acted together in Gone Baby Gone (2007). Yes, it’s a movie about veterans, but it’s not just about that. Until the first half, I was like, “Oh my god, not that same old story again,” especially, I saw the movie at a film festival, but in the second half, more details were revealed and it was like, “Oooohhh, this is different and beautiful.” The director did a great job, you can feel his hand in a lot of things. Kudos to Natalie Morales’ amazing acting, I loved every scene with her. I would have loved if the main characters of the movie were male, if only because of the stereotype that men should be strong and control their emotions, blah blah blah, which ultimately leads to men not revealing their emotions. But the director had a good reason why the main characters were women.
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