A Marine Story
Release Date: November 5, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
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Mixed or average reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews
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Mixed:
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1
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70
Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasNov 12, 2010
A Marine Story overcomes some flaws in continuity and superficial characterizations to drive home its underlying message about the injustice of "don't ask, don't tell" and the way the controversial policy deprives the military of born leaders. A worthy endeavor. Read full review
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The New York TimesStephen HoldenNov 4, 2010
Ms. Weber (Mr. Farr's wife) anchors the movie with a gritty, honest performance that has the same to-the-bone quality as Melissa Leo's in "Frozen River." There's not a false note or inflection. Read full review
40
Time OutAndrew SchenkerNov 3, 2010
The film stumbles through rounds of ham-fisted melodrama. Read full review
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Village VoiceBrian Miller Nov 2, 2010
The movie becomes a lesbian amalgam of "Walking Tall" and "Billy Jack." Relentlessly clumsy and predictable, A Marine Story is set in late 2008, just as a new political breeze is blowing. But its abrupt, wishful postscript is still just a fairy tale. Read full review
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