Great movie

Rating: 10/10 (15 June 2016)

Greetings from Lithuania.
"Born on the Fourth of July" (1989) is easily one of the few very best movies from inconsistent yet always interesting Oliver Stone. It sharply tells a story of Ron Kovic (Tom Cruise in one of his best performances (still!), a true young All-American patriot who came to fought to Vietnam driven by patriotic feelings and responsibility for his county, only to be forgotten by the same country later - and eventually his way to some sort of redemption (if you can call it like that).
"Born on the Fourth of July" is probably not as good as Oliver Stone's best movie "Platoon" but it's easily stands second in my opinion. It has all the great movie should have - superb, involving and very true script, great directing (at 2 h 20 min this movie never drags for a second), superb acting by all involved - and like i said, it is a very true story. 10/10 - great movie.