A superb film about people ... the war part is secondary.

Rating: Null/10 (21 February 2000)

A truly great film. A must see. Long but does'nt drag at all. Many of the comments miss the signifigance of the first part of the movie (for those of you weaned on SCREAM 2....it's called character development!).
Also some of the comments mentioned the negative portrayal of Vietnamese people....well what did you expect, the war only ended a few years before and we were bitter in defeat. Now from twenty-five years later its easy to look back and say we were wrong and the vietnamese people were right and you won't get an argument from me, but the people who made this film lived it, we (at least those under 40) didn't.
My favorite part of the movie is the scene when Michael comes home and can't face the homecoming party...then the next morning when he knocks on the door and sees Linda....an incredible scene and some of the best acting you are likely to see.