Review of In Country (1989) by Nathanael J — 26 Feb 2008

This is probably THE best vietnam film I have ever seen.

This review of In Country (1989) was written by Nathanael J on 26 Feb 2008.

In Country has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Variety Staff (1,156) for Variety (12,700) on 15 Sep 2009

Norman Jewison usually is a commanding storyteller, but In Country is a film with two stories that fail to add up to something greater…

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By Mark A (1,301) on 16 Dec 2006

Took a while 2 find this film but glad I did, gd film…

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By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 06 May 2013

There's a decency about this movie that's almost palpable. It's not trying to pump us up with false jingoism or the sins of the past…

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By Rita Kempley (781) for Washington Post (9,851) on 01 Jan 2000

Though Bruce Willis has top billing as a troubled Vietnam veteran, British whizbang Emily Lloyd virtually squeezes him off the screen as his…

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By Jennifer H (754) on 29 Mar 2013

My mama was in this movie she was the drug store clerk that called back for a. price check…

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By Doris S (13) on 06 Mar 2008

Bruce Willis got the horros of the after shock of this war down to a tee.I should know I have uncels who have been there and back…

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By Mark R. Leeper (892) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 01 Jan 2000

Like the Memorial itself, the film brings not so much understanding for the war veteran as a tribute to the veteran…

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By Desmond Ryan (163) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 06 May 2013

In essence, In Country is a well-turned variation on the quest to find a father that shows up in the folk tales of almost any culture…

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By Dave Kehr (1,442) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 06 May 2013

This is no tribute to the war dead, but an unthinking betrayal of them -- they've been drafted again, this time to supply a climax to a second-rate…

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By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 06 May 2013

Unfortunately, the last half-hour slides into the weepiest sort of sentimentality…

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