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In Country
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301646055
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
ISBN: 6301646053
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: English (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: February 07, 1995
Running Time: 116 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: September 29, 1989
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Editorial Review:
Directors Sidney Lumet, Alan J. Pakula, Sydney Pollack, and Norman Jewison astutely documented the political pulse of the '60s and '70s with such films as Prince of the City, The Parallax View, Three Days of the Condor, and In the Heat of the Night. Lumet and Jewison have carried their cinematic social consciousness into their past two decades of filmmaking as well. In Country (1989) is Jewison's mournful look at one American family's struggle to survive the aftermath of Vietnam. The film is based on Bobbie Ann Mason's book and it was Bruce Willis's first effort to break out of his Moonlighting and Die Hard mold by tackling the dramatically dark role of Emmett, a Vietnam veteran whose flashbacks of battle horror have pushed him into isolation from the world. His niece, Samantha (Emily Lloyd), lost her dad in the war, and these two unlikely people form a bond based on a past Emmett can't escape and a future that looms bright and beautiful for Samantha. What Jewison does best is evoke the sense of hope that was once held by the forgotten survivors of that terrible war. In Country ambitiously struggles to pull all of its threads together, and while this is a wonderful character study, it has a messy, meandering structure that never quite gels or answers the questions it poses. Yet there's no denying that the climactic closing scenes have a poignancy and power that will bring tears to anyone watching. --Paula Nechak
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Dont Waste Your Time
I had to write a research paper on the book, which was a decent read, so I thought I would watch the movie as well. The movie is one of the worst things I have ever seen. It takes the sterotypical representation of southerners and makes it ten times worse than ever imagined. Also, I really expected Bruce Willis to bring life to the character of Emmet, but that was not the case. His performance takes all of the life out of the character and turns him into a grouchy, sullen and jerk of a man. Emily ... Read More
Rating:  - A Wonderful Movie And A Story Seldom Told: After Vietnam
Amazon suggested I write a review on this beautifully done movie, one for which I think Bruce Willis and Emily Lloyd deserved Emmies for there performances. That recent reviews have panned the movie are a testament to the failure of history--forget it, and you will repeat it. And that is what is happening with America's new crop of discouraged veterans lost in the sea of a society that does not understand or care, and a federal institution (Veteran's Affairs) flooded with workers still trying to ... Read More
Rating: - dumbest ever
this movie was the worst movie ever and the book is nothing to compete. They were both pathetic. The acting was sooooo terrible that i wanted to shoot myself many times. Anikin Skywalker in Episode 2 acted better than these broadway rejects.
Rating:  - Textbook case of what not to do
While almost no adaptation is page-for-page from the novel, most follow the original story, removing sequences that can be removed. Some cinematic versions of original works, though, require a different story altogether. "In Country" is one of those, but we never see that other story.
The novel concerns Sam, who lives with her Vietnam vet uncle, is finishing high school and wondering about the next sixty years of her life. The action takes place in their small town, until Sam, Uncle and ... Read More
Rating:  - Tough for Viet Nam Vets
While I agree with other reviewers that this movie has some serious structural and dramatic defects, Willis' performance and character effectively capture much of the discomfort, ambiguity, sadness and displacement of returning Viet Nam veterans. I am one, and this movie is one of the few which accurately captures those feelings without apology, caraciture or political agenda. If only for this, it's an important movie, although not really "enjoyable" to watch or comfortable for Viet vets.
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