Three
good friends who grew up together, Feller, Rifkin, Dixon all receive military
draft notices in the mail. They
live in New York and they are to report for duty in 30 days. Each man is thrown into a tailspin over
this letter. Feller has written a
novel and he writes out a 10-item bucket list to get done before he goes in
case he dies. Rifkin is really set
on not going, he’s worked hard to make partner in his job as an attorney, his
wife battled cancer but she’s reached the five year mark and he doesn’t want to
die. Dixon drives a cab and he
likes his job. He meets Patricia
and they start to date but he doesn’t tell her until the last minute about the
draft notice. He has a daughter.
There
isn’t enough development of the characters. I can’t get a feeling that I care enough about them to worry
about them going to war? Each man
is totally different from the other even though they’ve been friends for a long
time. They are searching for a
reason to go to war when the country is protesting our involvement. 2 ½* (This movie is just so-so)
92
min, Drama directed by Bryan Gunnar Cole with Elijah Wood, Chris Klein, Jon
Bernthal, Ginnfer Goodwin, Elisabeth Moss, Ally Sheedy, Sofia Vassilieva, John
Rothman, Daniel Oreskes.
Note: Imdb 6.0 out of 10, 24% critic 45%
audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Amazon 4.0* out of 5* with 22 reviews.
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