Probably Bruce Willis's best & least known film. It's a solid movie about a young girl learning about the father she would never meet & a Vietnam Vet still searching for his place in a post war world. It's never over done & never preachy just a solid movie with great characters interwoven into a realistic plot. But it's also a working class drama, if you're looking art house drama or "Platoon" politics you will probably be disappointed. There are no strong statements about the war, either pro or con. There is no "First blood" action. It doesn't make a statement like "Causalities of War," it's simply about people in the 80's that are still feeling the affects of a "police action" that defined the politics & attitudes of a generation. It neither promises nor strives to be anything more. If anything "In Country" is brilliant because it is understated.
Review of In Country
