Sgt. Will Gardner

Name: Sgt. Will Gardner
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Released: January 11, 2019
Duration: 125 min
Rating: 30
Cast: Dermot Mulroney, Elisabeth Röhm, Gary Sinise, Holt McCallany, JoBeth Williams

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Cinedigm Entertainment Group | Release Date: January 11, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: Dermot Mulroney, Elisabeth Röhm, Gary Sinise, Holt McCallany, JoBeth Williams, Leo Martini, Lily Rabe, Luis Bordonada, Max Martini, Omari Hardwick, Robert Patrick, Stuart Margolin

Summary: A troubled Iraq War veteran struggling to reintegrate into society sets out on a cross-country journey with the hope of reuniting with his young son.

Director: Max Martini

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Drama, War

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 125 min

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RogerEbert.com Nell Minow

Jan 11, 2019

Every once in a while there is a bright spot, most notably a scene with Gary Sinise as a sympathetic bartender and JoBeth Williams as a fragile barfly. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Jan 10, 2019

Well intentioned in the extreme, Sgt. Will Gardner is more effective as PSA than drama. Read full review

Gary Goldstein

Jan 10, 2019

[Martini's] filmmaking instincts, undercut by the script’s meandering, episodic structure, prove too self-indulgent and heavy-handed to tell the kind of emotionally involving tale about post-traumatic stress disorder among returning soldiers that he clearly had in mind. Read full review

Tricia Olszewski

Jan 9, 2019

Homelessness among military veterans is a noble subject for a filmmaker to take on. So it deserves a better vehicle than Sgt. Will Gardner, writer-director Max Martini’s clumsy and sometimes downright laughable portrayal of an injured Iraq war vet. Read full review

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JoeCool

Apr 22, 2019

Really emotional at times, other times just too heavyhanded to strike home. The movie seems to gradually lose power as it drags itself along towards the disappointing ending. Vet problems deserve more than the mere handouts this movie seems to be asking for. The creators no doubt ment well,Really emotional at times, other times just too heavyhanded to strike home. The movie seems to gradually lose power as it drags itself along towards the disappointing ending. Vet problems deserve more than the mere handouts this movie seems to be asking for. The creators no doubt ment well, they just lost their way somewhere along the road. A shame really, the subject deserves better. Still not a really bad movie, more of a missed opportunity.… Expand

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