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A psychological study of Marine's state of mind during the Gulf War. Told through the eyes of a U.S. Marine sniper who struggles to cope with boredom, a sense of isolation, and other issues back home.

Genre:

Drama, War

Actors:

Jake Gyllenhaal, Scott MacDonald, Peter Sarsgaard, Jamie Foxx, Ming Lo, Lucas Black, Kevin Foster, Brian Geraghty, Damion Poitier, Riad Galayini, Craig Coyne, ...»

Director:

Sam Mendes

Country:

United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Release:

2005

IMDb:

7.0

Quality:

Duration:

125 min

AV Club

Screenwriter William Broyles, Jr., a former Vietnam pilot and Newsweek editor, connects reasonably well with the material, but American Beauty director Sam Mendes has a tendency to smooth out the rough edges, and the film goes flat as month-old soda.

December 06, 2005

Eye for Film

As time passes, waiting for orders becomes like waiting for Godot, an absurdist tragicomedy of frustration, madness and masculinity gone awry.

July 10, 2007

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Cinema Crazed

For some it's an anti-war message, for others it's just a non-biased portrait of a man who never went to war despite being in the military during war time.

April 29, 2009

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New York Magazine/Vulture

Jarhead is utterly predictable (boys endure tough training; boys encounter another culture and are baffled), studded with first-rate performances.

December 09, 2005

Big Picture Big Sound

What little statement the film makes revolves around the absurdity of these men, trained to shoot with ultimate precision, and never given the chance to fire off a round.

July 14, 2007

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USA Today

Director Sam Mendes' third screen outing pretty well nails Swofford's tone, which was mordant without being disrespectful, and, in fact, is begrudgingly reverent of the Corps.

November 04, 2005

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eFilmCritic.com

As a depressive riff on Generation X's first war...it's exceptionally well-crafted.

September 24, 2007

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Ebert & Roeper

This is a very strong film with really good performances.

November 07, 2005

Washington Post

What's so good about the movie is Gyllenhaal's refusal to show off; he doesn't seem jealous of the camera's attention when it goes to others and is content, for long stretches, to serve simply as a prism though which other young men can be observed.

November 04, 2005

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Dark Horizons

Sporadically entertaining, and ultimately pointless -- although that seems to be its agenda right from the start.

January 15, 2008

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Time Out

The film's strong suit is vagueness, presenting combat as a semi-surreal state of ignorant expectation and dislocated experience: these warriors loll in the desert awaiting action or trying to make sense of its consequences.

February 09, 2006

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