The Messenger

The Messenger

Drama 2009 1 hr 52 min
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Ben Foster stars as Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant who has just returned home from a tour in Iraq and is assigned to the Army’s Casualty Notification service. Partnered with fellow officer Tony Stone (Woody Harrelson) to bear the bad news to the loved ones of fallen soldiers, Will faces the challenge of completing his mission while seeking to find comfort and healing back on the home front. When he finds himself drawn to Olivia (Samantha Morton), to whom he has just delivered the news of her husband’s death, Will’s emotional detachment begins to dissolve and the film reveals itself as a surprising, humorous, moving and very human portrait of grief, friendship and survival.
Drama 2009 1 hr 52 min
89% 17+
Starring Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton
Director Oren Moverman

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The Messenger
  • DRAMA
Ben Foster stars as Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant who has just returned home from a tour in Iraq and is assigned to the Army’s Casualty Notification service. Partnered with fellow officer Tony Stone (Woody Harrelson) to bear the bad news to the loved ones of fallen soldiers, Will faces the challenge of completing his mission while seeking to find comfort and healing back on the home front. When he finds himself drawn to Olivia (Samantha Morton), to whom he has just delivered the news of her husband’s death, Will’s emotional detachment begins to dissolve and the film reveals itself as a surprising, humorous, moving and very human portrait of grief, friendship and survival.
17+ COMMON SENSE

Grim, intense war-themed drama is ultimately rewarding.

89% TOMATOMETER

  • Average 7.5
  • Reviews 160
  • Fresh 142
  • Rotten 18

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Studio
Oscilloscope Films
Genre
Drama
Released
2009
Run Time
1 hr 52 min
Rated
15

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English (United Kingdom) (AAC, Dolby 5.1)

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