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Name: Jarhead
Released: 2005-11-4
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper, Dennis Haysbert

Jarhead

R
2h 2m
2005

60%

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Oscar winner JAIME FOXX (Collateral, Ali) and JAKE GYLLENHAAL (The Day After Tomorrow, Donnie Darko) star in this critically acclaimed portrayal of a group of youn "Jarheads" during the explosive days of the Gulf War. From the Academy Award-winning director of American Beauty, Jarhead is a powerful story, told with painful honesty and irreverence, with spectacular cinematography. JARHEAD follows 'Swoff' (Gyllenhaal) from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty, sporting a sniper's rifle through Middle East deserts with no cover from intolerable heat or from Iraqi soldiers. Swoff and his fellow Marines, who have been trained to kill, find themselves in a brutal situation, fighting a war they don't understand for a cause they don't fully grasp.

Director:

Sam Mendes

Producer:

Lucy Fisher, Douglas Wick

Writer:

William D. Broyles Jr.

Cast:

Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper, Dennis Haysbert, John Krasinski, Scott MacDonald, Lucas Black, Brian Geraghty, Jacob Vargas, Laz Alonso, Evan Jones, Ivan Fenyo

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

60%

Critics Consensus: This first person account of the first Gulf War scores with its performances and cinematography but lacks an emotional thrust.

Reviews

World Socialist Web Site

Joanne Laurier

The deep demoralization of the US forces flows ultimately from their soul-destroying assignment to conquer the world on behalf of a bankrupt imperialism.

Jarhead aims to provide the eternal reason why young men are drawn to war, like moths to the flame. Swofford and director Sam Mendes stress that to most young GIs, even the most fervently created antiwar film is a fighting man's pornography.

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Bowling Green Daily News

Micheal Compton

These soldiers wanted action, any action, just to feel justified for the life they left behind and Mendes does a great job of showing that anguish. The cast is excellent, too.

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The Dispatch (Lexington, NC)

Mattie Lucas

A tedious film with an utterly unlikable protagonist.

Gyllenhaal can, in fact, act, so the blame must fall elsewhere for his dim performance, all topless tears and soulful voiceovers. The same goes for Peter Sarsgaard, Chris Cooper and Jamie Foxx, three good actors forced into contortions of theatrics.

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Additional Info

Genre:Action, Drama
Release Date:November 4, 2005
Languages:English
Captions:English
Audio Format:
5.1

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