Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

TriStar Pictures | Release Date: November 11, 2016

6.0	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 69 Ratings

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TVJerryNov 19, 2016

Billy is a young soldier on a US victory tour with his squad after a heroic skirmish in Iraq. The narrative alternates between their recognition at a big football game and flashbacks to his family and his experiences in the military. The bestBilly is a young soldier on a US victory tour with his squad after a heroic skirmish in Iraq. The narrative alternates between their recognition at a big football game and flashbacks to his family and his experiences in the military. The best thing about this film is the deeply nuanced and quietly sensitive portrayal of the title character by British actor Joe Alwyn. He manages to rise above the inert drama and endless preaching to bring emotion to his character (although he cries one time too many). The film's message about the sacrifices of our soldiers and the politics of war keeps pounding back…ultimately, becoming tiresome. While the performances are effective and some of the scenes have impact, director Ang Lee substitutes copious tears and ardent closeups for real drama. (That skirmish with the stagehands was a contrived excuse to trigger a climax.)… Expand

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NedRyerson1Feb 2, 2017

Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk is another movie exploring the struggle with PTSD back at home from war. I wish to say that Ang Lee faced it with a whole new approach or something like that, but he doesn’t. At least the story is told in aBilly Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk is another movie exploring the struggle with PTSD back at home from war. I wish to say that Ang Lee faced it with a whole new approach or something like that, but he doesn’t. At least the story is told in a nonlinear way, center in the life at home with flashback to the war. Basically the struggle is the same as American Sniper, but with a young protagonist, without a clue of what he is doing with his life and a family mess. So you don’t get to see big consequences in his actual life choices, but instead just glimpses of trauma. There are two interesting things in this film, the technical way in which the war catches up to the protagonist and the truth about the show business that takes advantage of these poor traumatized soldiers. The movie is stimulating, definitely, but it’s more of the same topic. Ang Lee stays certainly in debt.… Expand

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Voodoo123May 8, 2018

Bl's long halftime walk is an at times thoughtful yet ultimately pretentious story following a hero soldiers brief stint as an american medias publicity story for the iraq war effort. We watch as he struggles with ptsd alongside his remainingBl's long halftime walk is an at times thoughtful yet ultimately pretentious story following a hero soldiers brief stint as an american medias publicity story for the iraq war effort. We watch as he struggles with ptsd alongside his remaining squad while jumping through the various hoops on the media rally at a football game. Unfortunately even with its gorgeous high frame rate 4k presentation, with an overly saturated hollywood cast to distract, watching this delivers the effective emotional depth of a shallow puddle where it needed a deep pool.… Expand

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bamaboomerFeb 18, 2017

This is a disappointing effort from Ang Lee. a tired re-tread of so many previous movies on the theme of "The American Hero". I cannot see this as more than a technological display melding 60 fps video with 24 fps film. The tech does impress,This is a disappointing effort from Ang Lee. a tired re-tread of so many previous movies on the theme of "The American Hero". I cannot see this as more than a technological display melding 60 fps video with 24 fps film. The tech does impress, yet the story left me cold.… Expand

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