Variety
Even when the plotting feels strained or inauthentic, the Asche & Spencer score a mite too insistent, Monaghan's performance rings true.
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Fort Bliss
Michelle Monaghan (TV's True Detective) is a decorated U.S. Army medic and single mother who returns home from an extended tour in Afghanistan to face a troubled relationship with her 5-year-old son. Just as her life begins to stabilise, she is deployed overseas again and must find a way to reconcile her duties as a mum and her obligations as a soldier.
2014Rating: R16116 minsUSA
DramaWar
- Director:
- Claudia Myers ('Kettle of Fish')
- Writer:
- Claudia Myers
- Cast:
- Michelle MonaghanRon LivingstonPablo SchreiberEmmanuelle ChriquiFreddy RodríguezDash MihokGbenga AkinnagbeJohn Savage
Fort Bliss | Reviews
75%16 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® Score
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The New York Times
Myers too often tells rather than shows, and she doesn't have the cinematic skill set to transform her idea into a fully satisfying movie, especially at this low-budget level.
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Los Angeles Times
An unflinching and complex character study of an imperfect woman juggling motherhood and her determination to succeed among men.
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Hollywood Reporter
[A] well-observed and endearing account of one woman grappling with allegiances to her fellow soldiers and her estranged 5-year-old son.
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