Home of the Brave
Seen it?2006 | 106 min | War, Drama
Monday Morning MaybeWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With just 23% on Rotten Tomatoes, a lukewarm 5.4 out of 10 from audiences and a box office loss, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for history buffs. If you loved Civil War, start here.
- The mood
- Intense.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 46 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: meant for adults.
The day after they get the word they'll go home in two weeks, a group of soldiers from Spokane are ambushed in an Iraqi city. Back stateside we follow four of them - a surgeon who saw too much, a teacher who's a single mom and who lost a hand in the ambush, an infantry man whose best friend died that day, and a soldier who keeps reliving the moment he killed a civilian woman.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
23% on Rotten Tomatoes, 42 on Metacritic
- AudiencesBelow par
5.4 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$5 million worldwide on a $12 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 42K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Irwin Winkler
- Samuel L. JacksonWilliam Marsh
- Jessica BielVanessa Price
- Christina RicciSarah Schivino
- Victoria RowellPenelope Marsh
- 50 CentJamal Aiken
- Sam JonesBilly Marsh
- Chad Michael MurrayJordan Owens
- Jeffrey NordlingCary
- Brian PresleyTommy Yates
- Vyto RuginisHank Yates