Will Gardner tells the story about Iraq War veteran Will Gardner (Max Martini) who is suffering from a traumatic brain injury (TBI) he sustained during a bombing that he and his platoon suffered while in combat. His injuries make it difficult for him to reintegrate into society so after a series of setbacks, he goes on a spirited motorcycle journey across America to pick up pieces of his life lost since combat. Martini (13 Hours, Captain Phillips) also penned the script and d... (Full plot summary below)
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Will Gardner tells the story about Iraq War veteran Will Gardner (Max Martini) who is suffering from a traumatic brain injury (TBI) he sustained during a bombing that he and his platoon suffered while in combat. His injuries make it difficult for him to reintegrate into society so after a series of setbacks, he goes on a spirited motorcycle journey across America to pick up pieces of his life lost since combat. Martini (13 Hours, Captain Phillips) also penned the script and directs the film.
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| RogerEbert.comNell MinowEvery 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. |
| The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckWell intentioned in the extreme, Sgt. Will Gardner is more effective as PSA than drama. |
| Los Angeles TimesGary Goldstein[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. |
| TheWrapTricia OlszewskiHomelessness 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. |
| User ReviewJoeCoolReally 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. |
