Jarhead
November 2005
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Ben Walters
The film's strong suit is vagueness, presenting combat as a semi-surreal state of ignorant expectation and dislocated experience: these warriors loll in the desert awaiting action or trying to make...
Ken Tucker
Jarhead is utterly predictable (boys endure tough training; boys encounter another culture and are baffled), studded with first-rate performances.
Scott Tobias
Screenwriter William Broyles, Jr., a former Vietnam pilot and Newsweek editor, connects reasonably well with the material, but American Beauty director Sam Mendes has a tendency to smooth out the...
Richard Roeper
This is a very strong film with really good performances.
Stephen Hunter
What's so good about the movie is Gyllenhaal's refusal to show off; he doesn't seem jealous of the camera's attention when it goes to others and is content, for long stretches, to serve simply as a...
Mike Clark
Director Sam Mendes' third screen outing pretty well nails Swofford's tone, which was mordant without being disrespectful, and, in fact, is begrudgingly reverent of the Corps.
Critic reviews
Ben Walters
The film's strong suit is vagueness, presenting combat as a semi-surreal state of ignorant expectation and dislocated experience: these warriors loll in the desert awaiting action or trying to make...
Ken Tucker
Jarhead is utterly predictable (boys endure tough training; boys encounter another culture and are baffled), studded with first-rate performances.
Scott Tobias
Screenwriter William Broyles, Jr., a former Vietnam pilot and Newsweek editor, connects reasonably well with the material, but American Beauty director Sam Mendes has a tendency to smooth out the...
Stephen Hunter
What's so good about the movie is Gyllenhaal's refusal to show off; he doesn't seem jealous of the camera's attention when it goes to others and is content, for long stretches, to serve simply as a...
Mike Clark
Director Sam Mendes' third screen outing pretty well nails Swofford's tone, which was mordant without being disrespectful, and, in fact, is begrudgingly reverent of the Corps.
Peter Howell
Jarhead makes its points less obviously than most war films, and with more brains than blood.
User reviews
Accurate Portrayal Fantastic movie. Cinematography and plot were excellent, and they managed to substitute some parts of the book with other Marines' experiences while still keeping Pvt Swofford's story relatively intact.
Cast and credits
Actors | Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper, Dennis Haysbert, John Krasinski, Scott MacDonald, Lucas Black, Brian Geraghty, Jacob Vargas, Laz Alonso, Evan Jones, Ivan Fenyo |
Producers | Lucy Fisher, Douglas Wick |
Director | Sam Mendes |
Writers | William D. Broyles Jr. |
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Rental period
Start within 30 days, finish within 24 hours.
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Run time
122 minutes
Rating
R
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