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Plot Summary
Directed by Academy Award-winner Norman Jewison ("Moonstruck," "Agnes of God"), this is the portrait of one Kentucky family's struggle to heal the wounds caused by America's involvement in Vietnam, as seen through the experiences of 17-year-old teen girl (Emily Lloyd, "Cookie," "Wish You Were Here"). In attempting to learn more about her father, a young soldier who was killed in the war before she was born, she tries to break through to her reclusive, cynical uncle (box office superstar Bruce Willis, "Pulp Fiction," the "Die Hard" series), a ravaged survivor of the undeclared conflict, who may well be the only person able to truly help her understand her loss. Culminates in a powerfully moving sequence about the experience of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. Based on the acclaimed Bobbie Ann Mason novel, and co-starring Tony Award-winner Judith Ivey ("Compromising Positions"), Oscar-nominee Joan Allen ("Nixon," "The Crucible") and Kevin Anderson ("Sleeping with the Enemy").
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
TOMATOMETER
70%- Reviews Counted: 27
- Fresh: 19
- Rotten: 8
- Average Rating: 6.4/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Rotten: In Country means to capture the deep tragedy at the center of pedestrian lives. Instead, it becomes a pedestrian film.
Fresh: With uncanny skill, Willis finds the frightened kid hiding behind Emmett's detached stare. He gives a dynamite performance, both touching and haunting.
Fresh: Sounds like your basic TV movie, sunk by noble intentions. But here well meaning translates into well done.
Fresh: 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. Jewison, a Canadian, probably approaches the entire subject with a mediatory mood.
Customer Reviews
Fake southern accents…
And war scenes shot on what appeared to be a very low budget, make for a tedious story. I lasted about half way through before I "walked out of the theatre". Still, got it as a 99-cent movie of the week,so I can't complain too much.
Bad attempt to replacate locals
The acting in this movie pretty much made everybody in west Kentucky look look like hicks. I would rather the movie be more relistic than have any recognition at all here in Mayfield.
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