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Plagued by guilt over a friendly fire incident involving his unit in the first Gulf War, Army tank officer Denzel Washington is assigned to investigate circumstances involving alleged heroism by now deceased helicopter pilot Meg Ryan in another incident in the same conflict. If this investigation proves her heroism she will be the first woman to be awarded the Medal of Honor (posthumously). Waghington's life is otherwise falling apart as he is drinking heavily, has left his wife and family, and is being investigated himself by a dogged reporter unconvinced by the Army's finding Washington blameless in the friendly fire incident. In similar fashion to "Rashomon". Washington finds a wide variation in the version of the helicpter incident told by Ryan's surviving crew members. As I recall, this was the first film set in the Guld war and remains one of the best for its clever juxtaposition of all these elements. Recommended.
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A good film, but a big time mis-casting of Meg Ryan as the pilot IMO.
I did not have a problem with Meg here -- unfortunately when a big star has so many hits doing one thing it's practically impossible for audiences who have seen all her prior stuff to not see past it. Her performance though was solid but it's hard not seeing Meg Ryan -- sometimes it hurts to have the looks she has and reign in the bubbly.Julia Roberts is a lot better actress than she is given credit for but she too suffers from the "ohh that's Julia" problem.
Still with the money these ladies make it's tough to feel too sorry for them.
Interestingly the big star beauty actress who seems to be able to get away from this a bit is Jennifer Aniston -- but her with a machine gun might be a stretch.
Also the last movie role in which she looked attractive. If she wanted to shed the glamour image, she's succeeded. She must've had her lips done by BF Goodrich.
Well, Meg is constantly trying to break out of her "cutesy" roles, sometimes successfully ("Proof of Life") sometimes not ("In The Cut"). I thoufght she was OK in "Courage...".
I was literally dragged to see this when it came out in the theater. Knowing little about the plot, I expected I run-of-the-mill war picture.I remember walking out of the theater totally impressed. A good film to see, considering the times in which we live.
John
"E Burres Stigano"
I'll have to check this out...has always been on my "to rent" list just never seem to pick it up...
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