Underplayed Gems

Thank You for Your Service (2017)

Thank You for Your Service poster
Directed by
Jason Hall
Genre
drama film, war film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 48m
Rated
R
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 422 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This film follows several U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq as they struggle with posttraumatic stress disorder and try to adjust to civilian life. It focuses on their personal battles and efforts to find help.

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What happens

Thank You for Your Service is a 2017 American biographical war drama film written and directed by Jason Hall, in his directorial debut, and based on the 2013 non-fiction book of the same name by David Finkel. Finkel, a Washington Post reporter, wrote about veterans of the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment returning to the vicinity of Fort Riley, Kansas, following a 15-month deployment in Iraq in 2007. The film is about posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depicting U.S. soldiers who try to adjust to civilian life, and stars Miles Teller, Haley Bennett, Beulah Koale, Amy Schumer, and Scott Haze. Bruce Springsteen wrote the song "Freedom Cadence" specifically for the closing credits. The film had its world premiere at the Heartland Film Festival on October 15, 2017, and was theatrically released in the United States on October 27, 2017, by Universal Pictures. It received generally positive reviews, with praise for Teller's performance, but grossed just $10 million against its $20 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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