Brothers
A heart-breaking odyssey is what this is.
You know when in Family Guy they do cutaways to very intense situations sometimes and then it cuts back to <PERSON> telling <PERSON> he accidentally set their kitchen on fire because he thought you could put out fire with gasoline and you perhaps let out a little chuckle? That's how this film felt somehow, except everything was hell from start to finish.
The film juggles between scenes of a family trying to piece themselves back together after a tremendous and life-changing loss and scenes where your heart is about to beat off of your chest and you just cannot predict for the life of you what is to happen next.
You see <PERSON> make a wonderful snowman with his nieces and then it immediately cuts to <PERSON> being held prisoner and being tortured for god knows how long. And the scariest part is-- that's exactly how war goes. On the one side of the globe is a wife, a mother, a sister, a father-- whoever it may be-- fearing for someone's life but still attempting to live every-day-life as normally as possible and maybe having some tea or watching a movie on their couch. However, on the other side of the globe, that exact same someone for whom the wife or sister or father or whatever is waiting and praying for is seeing and going through things I couldn't wish on my worst enemy. 295
And the worst part? They're all going through hell. Different kinds of hell for different kinds of situations. War is hell.
I can't speak highly enough of the acting in this film. <PERSON>, <PERSON> and my ultra-beloved <PERSON> (to whom I owe so much in my life)-- they all gave it their all in this project. I was definitely moved by the whole thing, simply brilliant stuff. 549