Beautiful and terrifying

Rating: Null/10 (20 January 2003)

I still get tears in my eyes just thinking about this film. The story of three steel workers enjoying the Blue Collar American Dream, and then being sucked into the worst American Armed Conflict of the twentieth century is both a moving story about love, family, and sacrifice. This is one of those movies where you can only see it once, because the subject matter of the film is so engrossing and graphic that a second exposure may be too much to bear. All in all, a powerful cinematic experience meant to arouse the senses and awareness of the horrible experience of war, and then the aftermath it poses on the everyday person.