The Messenger

War really fucks you up.

Best supporting actor - Woody Harrelson
Writing (original Screenplay) - Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman

The film is a nice appendix to The Hurt Locker. Both take on their subject using a "realistic" approach, and this most definitely does the topic justice. The Messenger does its bit to lend its voice to the anti-war protest without getting too preachy or over-bearing.

This is an emotional roller coaster, and surprisingly understated given the amount of attention paid to grief stricken relatives. The whole film is very matter-of-fact in its presentation of grief, sadness, and post-traumatic-stress. It's very well written, and the acting is magnificent, especially Samatha Morton's middle-America Wal-mart army wife character (sheer-brilliance).

In whole, this movie should be seen by many people. Best writing? Sure. It was very, very good. Best acting for Woody Harrelson? I suppose, but I found him to be the weakest actor of the three main roles. Ah well.

Not that you can really tell that its here, but here's Samantha Morton being REALLY creepy.

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