
Marine officer Alexandra is tough enough to kick any guy's ass in a bar fight, but there's one opponent she can't beat: military policy. When she returns to her conservative hometown from Iraq with a mysterious personal life, she finds herself charged with preparing a tempestuous teenage girl to boot camp.... (Full plot summary below)
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Marine officer Alexandra is tough enough to kick any guy's ass in a bar fight, but there's one opponent she can't beat: military policy. When she returns to her conservative hometown from Iraq with a mysterious personal life, she finds herself charged with preparing a tempestuous teenage girl to boot camp.
Leave your thoughts about A Marine Story.
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasA Marine Story overcomes some flaws in continuity and superficial characterizations to drive home its underlying message about the injustice of "don't ask, don't tell" and the way the controversial policy deprives the military of born leaders. A worthy endeavor. |
| The New York TimesStephen HoldenMs. Weber (Mr. Farr's wife) anchors the movie with a gritty, honest performance that has the same to-the-bone quality as Melissa Leo's in "Frozen River." There's not a false note or inflection. |
| Time OutAndrew SchenkerThe film stumbles through rounds of ham-fisted melodrama. |
| VarietyDennis HarveyAn impartial look at U.S. military service that movingly commands respect for the personnel while requiring neither support nor assigning blame for the politics behind unpopular war efforts |
| Village VoiceBrian MillerThe movie becomes a lesbian amalgam of "Walking Tall" and "Billy Jack." Relentlessly clumsy and predictable, A Marine Story is set in late 2008, just as a new political breeze is blowing. But its abrupt, wishful postscript is still just a fairy tale. |
| User ReviewTina TShe got discharged because of "homosexual conduct"Â?. Yup, it's a DADT story. Kinda. The main plot takes place after the discharge with Alex working herself back into civilian life. Along comes Saffron whom she ends up whipping into shape to join the Marines. In the meantime she's starting to come out and have an official girlfriend and making something of her life. Weber is amazing in the role of Alex, a tough as nails marine women. The story is compelling, even though the DADT issue is only really a side note. The story is more of Alex training of Saffron and integrating into a happy civilian life. |
| User ReviewAshish DSeriously, this film is an outstanding representation of the tragic effect hatred towards gays in the military can have. |
| User ReviewTonje MThis movie does a good job showing one perspective of Don't Ask, Don't Tell and how it affects people. These are situations that do happen to people. Dreya's portrayal of a hard charging Marine is spot on. I could imagine her as one of my drill instructors very easily. That's no easy task. It isn't going to be everyone's cup of tea. That said I think if someone has an interest in the military or served they will resonate with these characters. And if someone is gay and in the military they will recognize themselves within this story at some point. They say you can't understand a Marine unless you are one. I think there are just some movies about Marines that the average civilian won't understand. There's so much subtlety in this movie that I'm afraid went right past many negative reviewers. Of course, a person can dislike a movie for many reasons. But consider giving this movie a chance. Treat it like any independent movie and check your expectations at the door. You might be surprised. |
| User ReviewStephanie MThis was another great showing from Ned Farr and Dreya Weber. It wasn't as amazing as the Gymnast was, but I still found it very enjoyable to see. |
| User ReviewElizabeth RMuy buena historia de las consecuencias de la homosexualidad en el ejercito norteamericano independientemente del genero que sea, no vale la dedicación o la preparación, totalmente recomendable |