Review of Unbroken (2014) by Jeremyp — 27 Dec 2014
This is a "we've been here before" movie, so I hoped Jolie would give us "Zamperini the complex," and instead we get "Zamperini the stoic." My guess is this movie works for those who don't know his amazing life.
Those of us who do know he was a tough nut, a great runner whose career was cut short by war, and ruined by it. Broken, he resurrected himself through religion, but only after skirting too long with self destruction, a poster boy for massive PTSD, courtesy of war and the sociopaths it breeds.
What we get from Jolie is a hagiography of stoicism. We see the toughness, we just don't see the turmoil.
This review of Unbroken (2014) was written by Jeremyp on 27 Dec 2014.
Unbroken has generally received positive reviews.
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