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But as this cautious, politically evenhanded movie grinds along like clockwork, the fuse that should spark an emotional explosion fizzles after some sporadic hisses and sputters. The kindest description of “Home of the Brave,” the first Hollywood movie to examine the experience of American soldiers returning from Iraq, might be that it is fueled by noble intentions.ĭirected by Irwin Winkler from a script by Mark Friedman, a first-time screenwriter, it wants to be a smaller-scaled, contemporary “Best Years of Our Lives.” And two of its characters - one who has lost a hand and another who can’t settle down - carry echoes of that 1946 William Wyler classic.
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