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| Release Date: |
November 4, 2005 |
| On DVD: |
March 7, 2006 |
| Genre: |
Drama, War |
| Running Time: |
115 minutes |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for pervasive language, some violent images and strong sexual content. |
| Director: |
Sam Mendes |
| Writer: |
William Broyles |
| Cast: |
Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard, Lucas Black, Chris Cooper, Dennis Haysbert, Rini Bell |
Jarhead (the self-imposed moniker of the Marines) follows "Swoff" (Gyllenhaal), a third-generation enlistee, from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty, sporting a sniper's rifle and a hundred-pound ruck on his back through Middle East deserts with no cover from intolerable heat or from Iraqi soldiers, always potentially just over the next horizon. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves with sardonic humanity and wicked comedy on blazing desert fields in a country Read more
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Movie Review
Grade: B+
Although Sam Mendes doesn't make many movies, when he does make one it is almost guaranteed to be a masterpiece. Jarhead is no exception. Drastically different from his last two films, Road to Perdition and American Beauty, Jarhead brings the intensity of Full Metal Jacket and combines it with Mendes near perfect story telling and visual styles. Based upon the memoir of the same name written by Anthony Swafford (Gyllenhaal's character) the film takes a realistic look into military life, showing the ups and downs, the homesickness and most of all the waiting. Perhaps only Sam Mendes could make a war film that not only is not about war, but that does not have one battle, not one shot fired by the ground troops. This film is a film about people. People that are placed in some of the most difficult situations imaginable. Read the full movie review
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User Comments & Reviews
Jarhead, by Greg
December 9, 2005
i was in combat myself the new battle, and even as though ours has lasted longer then the first, the movie was pretty much a summing up of our conflict as well. which leads me to believe that it is an accurate depection of modern war.
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