An excellent movie (Vietnam shown or not)

Rating: 7/10 (20 September 2005)

Be Vietnam in focus or not, it is an excellent movie on life's changing faces. From a life full of fun and daily doses of sobs, to a life of distress and death - it has aptly covered it all with a vision. Could have been shorter in length. Could have been more crisp in the first part. The marriage ceremony was dragged a bit longer. However, the director might have wanted to show the slow pace of life in a small town. Could have evoked more emotions (like Life is Beautiful) with more human touch on the central characters.
Robert De Nero's performance is flawless. Same complements go for all others. Perhaps the best scene was De Nero's inability to shoot the deer after he came back from the war.