Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

Name: Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Released: 2016-11-9
Cast: Joe Alwyn, Kristen Stewart, Chris Tucker, Garrett Hedlund, Makenzie Leigh

R
1h 53m
2016

43%

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Three-time Academy Award® winner Ang Lee brings his extraordinary vision to Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, based on the widely-acclaimed, bestselling novel. The story is told from the point of view of 19-year-old private Billy Lynn (Joe Alwyn) who, along with his fellow soldiers in Bravo Squad, becomes a hero after a harrowing battle in Iraq and is brought home temporarily for a victory tour. Through a sequence of flashbacks the truth about what really happened is revealed – contrasting the realities of the war with America’s distorted perceptions of heroism. Co-starring Kristen Stewart, Chris Tucker, Garrett Hedlund, with Vin Diesel, and Steve Martin.

Director:

Ang Lee

Producer:

Ang Lee, Marc Platt, Rhodri Thomas, Stephen Cornwell

Writer:

Jean-Christophe Castelli

Cast:

Joe Alwyn, Kristen Stewart, Chris Tucker, Garrett Hedlund, Makenzie Leigh, Vin Diesel, Steve Martin, Brian "Astro" Bradley, Arturo Castro, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Barney Harris, Beau Knapp, Mason Lee, Ben Platt

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

43%

Critics Consensus: Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk has noble goals, but lacks a strong enough screenplay to achieve them -- and its visual innovations are often merely distracting.

Reviews

Deep Focus Review

Brian Eggert

A somewhat engaging consideration of how different people view the idea of a soldier or war itself.

Stripped of the tech wizardry, its an awkward moral maze with a lot to show but very little to say.

February 21, 2022

FULL REVIEW

World Socialist Web Site

David Walsh

The ... film alternately and regularly advances toward certain harsh truths and retreats from them. There are good, serious elements here.

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk is an attempt at a different kind of storytelling, but fails on many levels, with a contradictory message behind the surface.

Left me empty and baffled -- probably not the best combination of feelings to have about a movie that is meant to inspire empathy and compassion.

April 28, 2020

FULL REVIEW

Additional Info

Genre:Drama
Release Date:November 9, 2016
Languages:English, Spanish
Captions:English, Spanish
Audio Format:
5.1
Screen Pass Eligible:No

If purchased in:4K

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Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

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