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- This adaptation of a memoir is a smart and beautifully shot -- if bleak -- war movie with very little conventional "war" in it. Jarhead focuses on the ways that authorities rationalize war "scenarios" and train troops to carry out orders that are, on their face, irrational and costly.
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Nov 3, 2005 · Roger Ebert November 03, 2005. Tweet. Jake Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard play U.S. Marines in the 1991 Gulf War in "Jarhead." Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. "Jarhead" is a war movie that rises above the war and tells a soldier's story. It tells it with the urgency and pointlessness that all men's stories have, because if something has ...
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Nov 4, 2005 · 60% 199 Reviews Tomatometer 68% 250,000+ Ratings Audience Score In the late 1980s, Anthony Swofford (Jake Gyllenhaal) enlists as a Marine, training in boot camp under a sadistic drill instructor...
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- Sam Mendes
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- Jake Gyllenhaal
Nov 4, 2005 · Jarhead: Directed by Sam Mendes. With Jake Gyllenhaal, Scott MacDonald, Peter Sarsgaard, Jamie Foxx. A psychological study of Marine's state of mind during the Gulf War. Told through the eyes of a U.S. Marine sniper who struggles to cope with boredom, a sense of isolation, and other issues back home.
- (201K)
- Biography, Drama, War
- Sam Mendes
- 2005-11-04
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a score of 60% based on 199 reviews, with an average rating of 6.4/10. The site's consensus states: "This first-person account of the first Gulf War scores with its performances and cinematography but lacks an emotional thrust."
- $72 million
- Thomas Newman
- November 4, 2005
Nov 4, 2005 · Laced with dark wit, honest inquisition and episodes that are at once surreal and poignant, tragic and absurd, Jarhead is the film adaptation of Marine Anthony Swofford's bracing memoir that took readers into his disorienting firsthand experience in the Gulf War. (Universal)
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- Sam Mendes
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- Jake Gyllenhaal
May 2, 2020 · By Austin Letorney. Published May 2, 2020. Link copied to clipboard. Jarhead, based on the book Jarhead by Anthony Swofford, is considered one of the most accurate war movies to date.
Jarhead is based upon marine Anthony Swofford's best selling novel that resembles about his pre-Desert Storm experiences and his experiences fighting in Kuwait. The movie is excellent and it shows a terrific view on Swofford's war experiences, including his training and boot camp experiences.
