The Messenger (2009)

THE MESSENGER (2009)

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    Heartwarming, harrowing and at time darkly comical, The Messenger is a deeply felt story of the human cost of war at home.
    Ben Foster (3:10 To Yuma), in his most powerful performance to date, stars as Will Montgomery, a battle-scarred Staff Sergeant home from Iraq and newly assigned to the Army's Casualty Notification service. Ordered to bear the bad news to families of fallen soldiers, and partnered with hard-lined officer Captain Tony Stone (two-time Academy Award nominee Woody Harrelson), Will faces this formidable mission while seeking comfort and healing back on the home front. Against protocol, Will is eventually drawn to Olivia (two-time Academy Award nominee Samantha Morton), a recently fallen solder's wife who has just been notified. In this emotionally charged landscape, The Messenger brings is into the inner lives of these outwardly steely heroes to reveal their fragility with compassion and authenticity.
    One of the year's most critically acclaimed films, featuring tour-de-force performances from Foster, Harrelson and Morton, The Messenger is a surprising, moving and ultimately human portrait of friendship, grief and love.

RATING: R

STARRING:

Ben Foster: Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery
Woody Harrelson: Captain Tony Stone
Samantha Morton: Olivia Pitterson
Jena Malone: Kelly
Steve Buscemi: Dale Martin

YEAR OF RELEASE: 2009

SCREENWRITER: Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman

DIRECTOR: Oren Moverman

RUNNING TIME: 112 minutes

STUDIO: Oscill Scope Laboratories

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