Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard
"Jarhead" (the self-imposed moniker of the Marines) follows Swoff, a third-generation enlistee, from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty, sporting a sniper's rifle and a hundred-pound rucksac...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 7, 2006
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Flixster Reviews (18,399)
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September 17, 2009I would say this was 50% accurate and 50% gloss. Entertaining but I didn't care much for Gyllenhaal and Foxx's performances.
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July 28, 2009The first gulf war has had the reputation of having been a rather clean and effortless war since the last shot was fired. This film is putting an end to that. Starting out with the training of the marine snipers, including all yelling drill sergeants and initiation rituals that i...( read more)
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October 26, 2009i loved this movie i thought it was brilliatn with laugh out loud moments.
its so true to some squaddies lives that this story is believiable and enjoyable with an amazing cast and acting the storyline is brilliant and some reallly explosive scens that are enjobable and exciting...( read more) -
October 24, 2009It was realistic, not some retarted action war movie. It was about being a soldier... and life. I loved it.
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September 29, 2009it was alright. nothing special.
the way it was hyped up left me disappointed.
Critic Reviews
November 4, 2005
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
November 4, 2005
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
The invigorating thing about Jarhead is it makes us encounter the truth in its undigested form. full review
November 4, 2005
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
As hard as the actors work, Jarhead feels false right down to its seductive visuals. full review
November 4, 2005
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Gyllenhaal is the heart and soul of a darkly funny and ferociously intense movie that sets its sights on soldiers under the gun of doing nothing. full review
November 4, 2005
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
I dare anyone to watch this bold exercise in postponed gratification and not come away with a new, disturbed sense of the genre. full review
November 3, 2005
David Edelstein, Slate
Jarhead feels detached, and the internal turmoil of its protagonist (played by Jake Gyllenhaal) lacks urgency -- even with first-person narration to fill in some of the gaps. full review
November 3, 2005
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Jarhead is a movie that walks up to some of the most urgent and painful issues of our present circumstance, clears its throat loudly and says nothing.
November 3, 2005
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
It is not often that a movie catches exactly what it was like to be this person in this place at this time, but Jarhead does. full review
November 3, 2005
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
It's the cinematic equivalent of marching in circles. full review
November 3, 2005
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
Never comes close to expressing the insanity of war itself. full review
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May 15, 2007Excelente! Ótima fotografia e trilha sonora. Um filme de guerra que nao fica somente em tiros e mortes. Mostra a frustração dos soldados diante da falta de ação no campo de batalha, durante a primeira guerra do Iraque :)
SOu fã pelo Jake Gyllenhaal!
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April 28, 2007Fantastic film and shows wot can really happen in a war both physically and mentally
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February 17, 2007gd film real in some ways to the things that happen in the army and the time your training and doin nothing but could of been better
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November 2, 2006i read the book too!its an awesome story,true story of a marine.everyone who thinks war is good should see and read the book.although i still wanna join the Marines
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October 30, 2006the film has 250+ fucks and 50+ motherfuckers and got of course a strict R(also for very strong sex,nudity and torture scenes)but in england it got a 15 which is the equvilant of a PG-13 in america!how it passed as a 15!
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July 3, 2006My friends told me not to see it, but being me i ignored them and im glad i did. Its a war movie, but the main character doesent get a single kill. Its a movie that you hate to admit, portrays the raw truth of a real war.
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