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Thank You for Your Service
Coming home was supposed to be the easy part. Asking for help is what finally brought him back. 🎖️
Who it's for
The film follows real soldiers adapted from David Finkel's reporting, so it grounds combat trauma in ordinary life: bills, kids, marriages, and a VA system with long waits.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Jason Hall's directorial debut, adapted from David Finkel's 2013 nonfiction book, follows Staff Sergeant Adam Schumann (Miles Teller) as he returns to Kansas after a 15-month deployment in Iraq to his wife Saskia (Haley Bennett) and their two young children. Haunted by nightmares and flashbacks, Adam carries guilt over a soldier he could not safely rescue and a comrade killed on a patrol in his place.
Where to find it
Rent or buy on major digital stores. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: A soldier's death by suicide.
Age: R (strong violent content, drug material, language throughout, some sexuality, brief nudity)
What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?Wilfred Owen, Poems, “Anthem for Doomed Youth”
