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Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Best movie ever!

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Probably Bruce Willis's best & least known film. It's a solid movie about a young girl learning about the father she would never meet & a Vietnam Vet still searching for his place in a post war world. It's never over done & never preachy just a solid movie with great characters interwoven into a realistic plot. But it's also a working class drama, if you're looking art house drama or "Platoon" politics you will probably be disappointed. There are no strong statements about the war, either pro or con. There is no "First blood" action. It doesn't make a statement like "Causalities of War," it's simply about people in the 80's that are still feeling the affects of a "police action" that defined the politics & attitudes of a generation. It neither promises nor strives to be anything more. If anything "In Country" is brilliant because it is understated.

Overall a failure as a movie.Several times at the start the film dies before it has even gotten started: at the very start; at the high school graduation; at the repetitive scenes of the girl running.Not a good way to start a movie.The main character certainly fooled me. I would not have guessed she was British.The only scenes of interest were those dealing with the veterans. The war scenes were pathetically done.A half-hearted effort by a poor director.Stay away from this one.

Although this movie isn't well known - I happened on it by accident one day.I must say that I was very pleased with the whole thing. The character Bruce plays is one for my generation. We lost a lot of fine young men and women in the Viet Nam War and Bruce as Emmett was so real.It's a different kind of movie for Willis but it shows his true talent and emotional commitment to this character that I found solid. This movie is a have-to if you enjoy Bruce Willis. Anyone can do a loud, shoot them up movie but it takes real talent to bring to life a sensitive and emotional person to life. The raw, bleeding memories that he shows is so real you'd think Bruce really saw action IN COUNTRY.See this movie!!!!

A lot of the criticism against this movie comes from the fact that it didn't follow the book as accurately as it could have. But since I haven't read the book, that's not an issue for me. I didn't have to sit there and say "Hey! That's not how it happened!"This movie caught me by surprise. The only reason I saw it was because I happened to be channel-surfing and I noticed Bruce Willis with a weird mustache. The movie was just starting, so I settled in to watch the whole thing. This says a lot about the kind of recognizability Bruce Willis has earned in the years since he made this movie.In all I was very impressed with his performance as Emmett. And while Emily Lloyd was a bit on the annoying side, the role she played was portrayed beautifully (which I guess was the whole point).Being a Canadian, the Vietnam War doesn't hold as much meaning to me as it does to Americans. But this movie went a long way towards showing me how someone who was affected by the Vietnam War dealt with the repercussions. While the movie did develop very slowly and seemed to drag on at times, it was wonderfully refreshing and touching.