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03/26/09
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
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... [More]
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Kathy Bates, Martin Sheen, Kimberly Williams
Director: Emilio Estevez
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Reviews for The War at Home
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Top CriticBates is excellent, and Sheen's performance marks a high point in the actor's wayward career.
02/04/08
It's never anything more than middlebrow, obvious and quite laboured -- and, for good and ill, very earnest.
01/26/06
In one dramatic moment, an upset Bates yells at and slaps Estevez, and suddenly Sheen brings up the subject of stolen peanut brittle.
09/14/05
No review available.
12/08/04
The film is so beautifully acted that you barely notice the staginess of some of the speeches.
08/30/04
Top CriticNo review available.
01/09/03
Shows the explosions generated by the Vietnam War after soldiers left the battlefields.
08/26/02
No review available.
07/29/02
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07/26/02
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06/05/02
A confident, straight-ahead no-nonsense movie that delivers its message relentlessly with maximum impact.
02/14/01
Top CriticIt's undoubtedly one of the most riveting portrayals of Vietnam's impact on the American family since Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter.
01/01/00
Full of little acting moments that feel like ACK-ting moments.
01/01/00
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