The War at Home (1996)
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60% of critics liked it
(15 reviews) -
63% of users liked it
(1,537 ratings)
Jeremy Collier (Emilio Estevez) is the army veteran who returns home after his harrowing experiences in battle. His father Bob (Martin Sheen) is the emotionally detached parent who insists Jeremy put his unpleasant memories behind him and get on with his life. His mother (Kathy Bates) is the… More Jeremy Collier (Emilio Estevez) is the army veteran who returns home after his harrowing experiences in battle. His father Bob (Martin Sheen) is the emotionally detached parent who insists Jeremy put his unpleasant memories behind him and get on with his life. His mother (Kathy Bates) is the unusually cheerful woman who pretends nothing is wrong. The troubled Jeremy finds almost as much fighting at home as he did in the military in this powerful drama of a young veteran's adjustment to civilian life. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Directed By
- Emilio Estevez
- Written By
- James Duff
- Genres
- Drama
R,
- In Theaters
- Nov 22, 1996 Wide
- On DVD
- Sep 3, 2002
Critic Reviews
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, Time Out
It's never anything more than middlebrow, obvious and quite laboured -- and, for good and ill, very earnest.
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Stephen Holden, New York Times
The film is so beautifully acted that you barely notice the staginess of some of the speeches.
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Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
A confident, straight-ahead no-nonsense movie that delivers its message relentlessly with maximum impact.
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Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Full of little acting moments that feel like ACK-ting moments.
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, TV Guide's Movie Guide
Bates is excellent, and Sheen's performance marks a high point in the actor's wayward career.
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Cast
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Kathy Bates
as Maurine Collier
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Martin Sheen
as Bob Collier
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Kimberly Williams-Paisley
as Karen Collier
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Emilio Estevez
as Jeremy Collier
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Carla Gugino
as Melissa
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Geoffrey Blake
as David
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Ann Hearn
as Prof. Tracey
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Corin Nemec
as Donald
- Lane Smith
- Marcus H. Nelson
- Michael Wiseman
