Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk Movie Review

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk Movie Review

Average Ratings:3/5

Reviews Counted:3

Positive:2

Negative :0
Neutral: 1

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Ratings:3/5 Review By:Renuka Site:Times Of India

 Once a soldier, always a soldier. The war may die down and the wounds may heal, but the scars last forever. Ang Lee's introspective film encompasses this brutal reality of a solider, who cannot leave the war behind him. The blood on his hands never allows him to be at peace, long after his duty is over. Clint Eastwood's portrayal of the predicament of a decorated military hero in American Sniper was more hard-hitting. This one’s effective in portions, but falls short of holding your undivided attention.

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Ratings:2.5/5 Review By:Rashid Site:Hindustan Times

 As for the satire on war for which the book was lauded, it’s been totally lost in translation. For a more trenchant rendering of the links between the realities of war and the hero-hungry American public, it’s worth checking out the vastly superior Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) or the more recent Flags of Our Fathers (2006). Neither exciting nor entertaining, Billy Lynn’s… is recommended for Ang Lee completists only.

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Ratings:3.5/5 Review By:Shalini Langer Site:Indian Express

 Billy Lynn’s Long Half-Time Walk is based on a book about American soldiers posted in Iraq in 2004, which was written in 2012. And yet, it couldn’t be more timely. It captures in glorious, fulsome irony a culture celebrating soldiers as heroes, which sees in a single shot fired by an astonishingly young and stunned man a chance to make the country “feel good about America again”.

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Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk Story: 
Nineteen-year-old private Billy Lynn (Joe Alwyn), along with his fellow soldiers in Bravo Squad, becomes a hero after a harrowing Iraq battle and is brought home temporarily for a victory tour. Through flashbacks, culminating at the spectacular halftime show of the Thanksgiving Day football game, what really happened to the squad is revealed, contrasting the realities of the war with America's perceptions. Based on the novel by Ben Fountain.

Cast: 
Kristen Stewart
Chris Tucker
Garrett Hedlund
Vin Diesel
Steve Martin
Joe Alwyn

 Release Dates: Nov 11 2016 ( India)

Director:   Ang Lee

Running time: 1h 55 min