Storyline

Samantha Hughes (Emily Lloyd) lives with her uncle, Emmett Smith (Bruce Willis), in a small Kentucky town. After her high school graduation, she decides not to join her mother, Irene (Joan Allen), in Lexington, but instead stays with Emmett, whose mental and physical health have been affected by his experiences in the Vietnam War. Samantha's father, Dwayne (Daniel Jenkins), died in Vietnam before she was born, and she hopes to learn more about him from her traumatized uncle.

Plot Keywords

teen girl, uncle, mother, grandmother, vietnam vet, ex-girlfriend, emotional, powerful, kentucky, small town, washington, d.c., coffee shop, doctor's office, vietnam war, post-traumatic stress disorder, mother/daughter relationship, coming of age, pregnancy, family, mystery, transformation, 1980s

Short Review

There's a decency about this movie that's almost palpable. It's not trying to pump us up with false jingoism or the sins of the past. Jewison, a Canadian, probably approaches the entire subject with a mediatory mood.

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