Fresh
The film is so beautifully acted that you barely notice the staginess of some of the speeches.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
The War at Home
There Is A Secret About To Explode.
1996 · 1h 59m · R
Drama
Directed by
Emilio Estevez
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
Director and cast
- Emilio Estevez Director
- Emilio Estevez as Jeremy Collier
- Kathy Bates as Maurine Collier
- Martin Sheen as Bob Collier
- Kimberly Williams-Paisley as Karen Collier
- Carla Gugino as Melissa
- Corin Nemec as Donald
- Ann Hearn as Prof. Tracey
- Marcus H. Nelson as Pvt. Poe
- Michael Wiseman as Lieutenant
- Jena Kraus as Coffee House Singer
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
60%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A confident, straight-ahead no-nonsense movie that delivers its message relentlessly with maximum impact.
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
Full of little acting moments that feel like ACK-ting moments.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
It's never anything more than middlebrow, obvious and quite laboured -- and, for good and ill, very earnest.
Time Out
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