In Country

  • 1989


MOVIE IS affable commanding ambitious precocious refreshing
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42 %
68 % Fresh
$ 3 Million
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Positive Reviews 8
Negative reviews 6
Average Rating 2.6/5
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3.8
The movie is like a time bomb. You sit there, interested, absorbed, sometimes amused, sometimes moved, but wondering in the back of your mind what all .. Rogerebert
1.5
Norman Jewison usually is a commanding storyteller, but In Country is a film with two stories that fail to add up to something greater. Variety
1.5
Jewisons post Vietnam movie concentrates on bereavement, with the consequence that its decent but dull. Time Out
1.5
The precocious teen adopts a western Kentucky twang, forthright as the backfire of pickup trucks and pungent as a bushel of burley.
2.5
Filmmaker Norman Jewison does a nice job of establishing the small town (and its myriad of denizens) in which Lloyds affable character resides... Reel Film Reviews
1.5
The film only touches the surface of Monks complex and mysterious personality, and it doesnt explore the deepest roots of his innovative style. Cs Monitor
1.5
Like the Memorial itself, the film brings not so much understanding for the war veteran as a tribute to the veteran. That is not so ambitious a goal, .. Internet Reviews
3.5
It is refreshing to see the bluster Willis shows as a leading man disappear when he takes smaller challenging roles such as this. Someday, a role like .. Internet Reviews
4.5
Sounds like your basic TV movie, sunk by noble intentions. But here well meaning translates into well done. Time
3.1
Lloyd, though technically adept, doesnt really get under her conflicted characters skin; the supporting actors (including Willis) are the films greate .. Movies Tv Guide
1.5
Jewison manages to save up all the emotion for the charged conclusion at the Vietnam memorial in Washington, but its a case of too little, too late. Film 4
3.0
Urbanized, upwardly mobile, shes left rusticity, and Sam, behind. La Times
2.5
This is no tribute to the war dead, but an unthinking betrayal of them theyve been drafted again, this time to supply a climax to a second rate tearje .. Articles Chicago Tribune
3.0
And, no, he doesnt sink into the smug mugging of his Moonlighting days. Articles Orlando Sentinel
3.8
In essence, In Country is a well turned variation on the quest to find a father that shows up in the folk tales of almost any culture. Articles Philly
3.1
Jewison manipulates the audiences familiarity with this national monument to achieve the kind of dramatic pitch that the characters themselves could n .. Articles Philly



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