Mending the Line

Name: Mending the Line
Genre: Drama
Released: June 9, 2023
Duration: 122 min
Rating: 56
Cast: Brian Cox, Chris Galust, Irene Bedard, Julian Works, Patricia Heaton

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| Release Date: June 9, 2023 | R

Starring: Brian Cox, Chris Galust, Irene Bedard, Julian Works, Patricia Heaton, Perry Mattfeld, Pressly Coker, Sinqua Walls, Tristan Thompson, Wes Studi

Summary: A Marine wounded in Afghanistan returns to a VA hospital in Montana where he meets a Vietnam vet who teaches him fly fishing as a means to coming to terms with his physical and emotional trauma.

Director: Joshua Caldwell

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 122 min

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Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jun 12, 2023

The patience of the sport and the tranquility of the settings casts a spell, and it all comes together in modestly, honestly moving ways. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Sheila O'Malley

Jun 9, 2023

The cranky old-coot humor between Studi and Cox is a welcome break, and there could have been more of it. Read full review

Gary Goldstein

Jun 8, 2023

In general, Stephen Camelio’s script, sensitive and convincing as it is, attempts to pack too much emotion, back story and metaphor into a relatively slender tale. The result is a two-hour film that would have benefited from a judicious trim, a quickened pace and less melodrama. Read full review

Mark Jenkins

Jun 9, 2023

The title of the film “Mending the Line” refers to an adjustment to a fly-fishing line to counter the effects of water currents. But there’s a lot more than the placement of a filament that needs to be remedied in this well-meaning but inert PTSD melodrama. Read full review

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