SYNOPSICS
Homeland (2009) is a English movie. Christopher C. Young has directed this movie. Fran Kranz,Elize du Toit,Whip Hubley,Sue Cremin are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2009. Homeland (2009) is considered one of the best Drama movie in India and around the world.
Five peoples' fates become entwined when a Marine returns on furlough from Iraq. With no one to greet him at the airport, he sets out for the wild Northwest coast. His journey intersects with his distant father, his step-mother, a bitter veteran, and the stewardess from his connection home. As each strays further from his everyday life and a body washes up on the beach, their fates become bound inextricably together. A newfound sense of belonging is found and, finally, there is something to come back to; now the soldier has everything to lose.
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Homeland (2009) Reviews
Undeveloped
I gave this film a 3 because I liked the scenery, soundtrack, and sense of dislocation. Aside from that, the story doesn't add up to much. It's very very slow with little reward. The scenes jump between characters with little development. In fact, the whole story seems undeveloped. I thought Whip Hubley was good as the father, but the rest of the cast seemed amateurish. The flight attendant looked frail and sad most of the time but had few lines. The former soldier/eco-activist was poorly developed as well, as he suddenly becomes a killer later in the film. The film had interesting characters; they just didn't mesh in a coherent way. There's a brief scene in the beginning when the lead character is in Iraq and being held prisoner that also seems undeveloped. He apparently survived a bomb blast, but when he returns home he's physically unmarred. If you want to see good films dealing with recent wars, try Stop-Loss, The Messenger, The Hurt Locker--all superior films.
a terrific "zero" budget film
I saw "Homeland" at the Zero Film Festival in early December of 2008 in downtown Los Angeles. I was truly surprised to see it there, because the production value of the film and the quality of the film-making is top notch - no way was this movie made for super cheap. Easily the best feature film I saw at that festival. The actors are all terrific, and the writing and direction is better than some stuff that I see on TV. And although we've had plenty of films recently about American soldiers returning home from Iraq, this film is one of the better ones - right up there with "In the Valley of Elah". Based on this film, I look forward to seeing the next project from this director. And does anyone know if this film has been released, and if so, how can I get a copy of it?