This "Ram-down-your-throat" patriotic film is trying to be inspirational, but it is so full of unsubtle lecturing that it is painful to watch. Only the war scenes stopped from fast forwarding through it - a dismal 3.
Three story lines all hammer to American patriotism and that America must save the world. In one stream, a reporter (Meryl Streep) interviews a slippery politician (Tom Cruise) and it begins to dawn on he is war mad, and she as the media, must do more instead of just being a sock puppet. A lecturer (Robert Redford) brow beats a student who is merely drifting through college to do more - to get politically involved. In the third story line, two of his students are in the army in the Middle East after deciding that they also need to "do more" than just sit back - they wanted to prove their support.
All throughout this film, the "heros" - the reporter, the lecturer, the army buddies - are telling the audience the audience one thing; "Do more! Support your country". Some of the discussions had glimpses of interesting lines, but not often. Just about the only thing lacking from this film was someone saluting with a giant flag fluttering in the background!
This "Ram-down-your-throat" patriotic film is trying to be inspirational, but it is so full of unsubtle lecturing that it is painful to watch. Only the war scenes stopped from fast forwarding through it - a dismal 3.
Three story lines all hammer to American patriotism and that America must save the world. In one stream, a reporter (Meryl Streep) interviews a slippery politician (Tom Cruise) and it begins to dawn on he is war mad, and she as the media, must do more instead of just being a sock puppet. A lecturer (Robert Redford) brow beats a student who is merely drifting through college to do more - to get politically involved. In the third story line, two of his students are in the army in the Middle East after deciding that they also need to "do more" than just sit back - they wanted to prove their support.
All throughout this film, the "heros" - the reporter, the lecturer, the army buddies - are telling the audience the audience one thing; "Do more! Support your country". Some of the discussions had glimpses of interesting lines, but not often. Just about the only thing lacking from this film was someone saluting with a giant flag fluttering in the background!
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