Dramatic film directed by James C. Strouse, featuring John Cusack in the lead role. The film tells the story of a man, father of two little girls, who loses his wife, killed in Iraq, where she was on a mission for the United States Army. The news seriously undermines the already fragile domestic tranquility of the protagonist, who, overwhelmed by panic and unsure of how to tell his daughters, decides to take them on a trip. It’s a beautiful film, well-directed, that effectively depicts the interactions between the father and the two girls, and also attempts, albeit without going too deep, to touch upon the theme of the war in Iraq and to criticize it for what it has truly been. Perhaps one could (or should?) have dared more in this regard.
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