Cast |
Jake Gyllenhaal, Scott MacDonald, Lo Ming, Kevin Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Damion Poitier, Jamie Foxx |
Director |
Sam Mendes |
Screenplay | William Broyles Jr., from the book by Anthony Swofford |
Music | Thomas Newman |
Cinematography | Roger Deakins |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
Made in | 2005 |
Produced by | Universal Pictures, Red Wagon Productions, Neal Street Productions, MP Kappa Productions |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
Genre | Drama |
Language | Frequent use of strong language |
Nudity | Mild and in context |
Sex | Infrequent and contextualised |
Violence | Medium level, contextualised |
Prejudice | None |
Blasphemy | None |
Drug abuse | None |
Comments | Blasphemous referrals to the Virgin Mary as ''Doggy-style Mary'' and soldiers are told ''Thou shalt not kill — f*ck that sh*t!'' This occurs in the context of a military training camp but has potential to offend Christian viewers in particular. |
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Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
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Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Die Burger William Pretorius | 15 | |
Cape Times Kenneth Turan | 10 | |
iAfrica.com Nils van der Linden | 13 | |
Mail & Guardian Shaun de Waal | 14 | |
The Star Tanya Farber | 15 | |
Sunday Times Barry Ronge | 10 | |
Box Office Mark Keizer | 8 | |
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert | 18 | |
eye Weekly Adam Nayman | 10 | |
IMDB Staff Keith Simanton | 14 | |
ReelViews James Berardinelli | 18 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 6936 Netizens | 15 | |
Average .. 67% | 13 |