The Messenger
The Messenger

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While on a recent deployment to Iraq, US Army Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery is injured when an improvised explosive device goes off within close proximity to him. He is back in the States recovering from the more serious of those injuries, including one to his eye and leg. He has resumed a sexual relationship with his long time girlfriend Kelly, despite the fact that she is now engaged to another man who Will knows. With the few months Will has left in his enlistment, the ar... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Messenger:

Ben Foster
Woody Harrelson
Jena Malone
Eamonn Walker
Samantha Morton
Steve Buscemi

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While on a recent deployment to Iraq, US Army Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery is injured when an improvised explosive device goes off within close proximity to him. He is back in the States recovering from the more serious of those injuries, including one to his eye and leg. He has resumed a sexual relationship with his long time girlfriend Kelly, despite the fact that she is now engaged to another man who Will knows. With the few months Will has left in his enlistment, the army assigns him to the Casualty Notification Team in his area. Not having a background in counseling, psychology or grief management, he is unsure if he is well suited to this job. He is partnered with a career soldier, Captain Tony Stone, who teaches Will the precise protocol involved in the job. Tony tells Will, who quickly learns by on the job experience, that this job has its own dangers. As Will learns to adapt to the range of emotions of the next of kin, he is unprepared for the reaction of Olivia Pitterson, whose husband was killed in Iraq. His initial encounter with Olivia leads to him wanting to get to know her better, which may not be in either her or his best interest. Despite being a recovering alcoholic, the more experienced Tony tries to guide Will as best he can under their collective circumstances.

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Minneapolis Star Tribune - 10/10 by Colin CovertThis is a poignant war movie, but it's also a buddy movie with a difference, one that's both funny and bleak.
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) - 10/10 by Rick Groen"The Hurt Locker" may be getting all the attention and awards but The Messenger is at least as good and perhaps, given its delicate handling of a sensitive subject, even better.
New Orleans Times-Picayune - 10/10 by Mike ScottIt's a tremendously moving drama, filled with heartbreak, humor and, more importantly, humanity.
The Film Yap - 10/10 by Nick RogersIt's sublime to see Woody Harrelson become Robert Duvall, with grit, gusto and muscles visibly twitching beneath his head. "The Messenger" is draining, but not numbing - an agnostic anthem to the impossibility of applying predictive methods to grief.
Cinema Sight - 10/10 by Wesley LovellA film that never forgets those who most feel the pain of loss during a time of war.
Sly Fox - 10/10 by Kam WilliamsA powerful, PTSD PSA for 'Don't ask, don't kiss and tell' advocates.
Spirituality and Practice - 10/10 by Frederic and Mary Ann BrussatAn emotionally affecting drama about the birth of compassion in an Iraq war hero assigned to work for the Casualty Notification Office.
Indie Movies Online - 10/10 by Kimberly GadetteThe miracle of this film is in its insistence on finding a way back home -- to fragile new beginnings giving way to new friendship, perhaps even new love.
DCist - 10/10 by Ian BuckwalterThe Messenger drives home the point that war is a losing proposition, which has nothing to do with who is victorious on the battlefield. They're the everyday losses of life, of family, of friends.
Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema - 9/10 by Mark PfeifferThe Messenger's clipped insight that war is hell is just the sort of line straight from the manual that the film strenuously cautions against.

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