| Cast |
Ben Foster, Jena Malone, Samantha Morton, Eamonn Walker, Woody Harrelson, Yava DaCosta, Portia |
| Director |
Oren Moverman |
| Screenplay | Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman |
| Music | Nathan Larson |
| Cinematography | Bobby Bukowski |
| Editing | Alexander Hall |
| Sound formats | |
| Made in | 2009 |
| Produced by | Oscilloscope Laboratories, Omnilab Media, Sherazade Film Development, BZ Entertainment, Mark Gordon Company, Good Worldwide, All the Kings Horses, Reason Pictures |
Official Site | IMDB page
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| Genre | War, drama |
| Language | Strong, frequent |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | Strongly implied, intense, occasional |
| Violence | Strong verbal description, some other impactful mild to moderate violence |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | Moderate, infrequent profanity |
| Drug abuse | Alcohol use to abuse |
| Comments | None |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith | 5 |  |
| Die Burger Laetitia Pople  Oorbekende oorlogfliek verloor stoom | 5 | |
| Cape Times Betsy Sharkey How to live in the shadow of death | 15 |  |
| Box Office Richard Mowe With timeless resonances, this story of redemption, hope and resilience should have solid prospects for serious-minded filmgoers as well as Harrelson devotees. | 15 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert | 18 | |
| eye Weekly Jason Anderson | 15 | |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers That's why The Messenger hits so hard. Its truths are personal. It means to shake you. And does. | 18 | |
| Metacritic.com 13 critics | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 106 critics | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer A dark but timely subject is handled deftly by writer/directer Owen Moverman and superbly acted by Woody Harrleson and Ben Foster. | 18 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 4164 Netizens NOT a war movie; NOT a movie about an ethical dilemma | 15 | |
Average .. 70% | 14 | |