Some Misteps and Mistakes

Rating: 7/10 (15 May 2018)

I don't know if it was intentional or not, but I never really felt the grief of a father who lost his only son to a combat death. I don't think a grieving father would go travelling around to bars and cell phone shopping with buddies he hadn't seen for 40 years as he is simultaneously escorting his son's coffin to its final resting place. I couldn't get this thought out of my head the entire length of the movie.
The ages of the actors didn't seem quite old enough to be Vietnam vets in the year 2003. The only one who seemed old enough was Lawrence Fishburne's character.
Despite these flaws and some incorrect details regarding the military uniforms, I enjoyed this movie a lot and in the end it brought me to tears. I think because being from a military family myself, and knowing many people who served in the Middle East during this time period I understand the pain of so many families who have lost loved ones at the hands of the enemy of the time.