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Rating: 8/10 (26 February 2020)

First off I think people need to know that this is not an action movie. That being said, I love how the movie starts out being hilarious, and the longer you get into the movie, and the longer the troops have been in Iraq, the more serious the movie gets. I think that captures the psychological journey that a lot of young soldiers must go through (and in a sense a lot of young people turning adults as well, I guess). Before they go to Iraq they are excited and even looking forward to it, but when they are there, it seems that this almost claustrophobic feeling sets in. It dealt nicely with other topics as well, but these were the ones that I found most interesting.
It was a relief to watch a war movie that wasn't really glorifying and overly dramatic about being in the military. Their everyday life in Iraq seemed pretty mundane and boring (not saying the movie was boring though, very much the opposite), which I think was a super refreshing take on a war movie.
Definitely worth the watch!