'Thank You For Your Service' Review: Thoughtful, Well Realized PTSD Drama!


🌟 Thank You For Your Service 🌟 Review 🌟 8.6/10 🌟

Miles Teller takes the lead role in this thoughtful, well realized PTSD drama that revolves around 3 lost soldiers that have returned "home" from the war in Iraq, all with pieces missing.

This film really gets under your skin, I mean it really makes me rage when you see how the whole system treats it's veterans, I mean that's if you can even call it a system, there's hundreds of thousands of soldiers that come back from the war, all missing a piece of there former selves, and apart from a handful of people, what does the government do?

Adam Schumann (Teller) tries to readjust to civilian life with his wife and two children but is suffering with the thoughts in his head -- believing that he got one of his men killed and another severely injured -- and it's tearing him apart. Best bro Tausolo Aeiti (Beulah Koale) is suffering beyond measure after a bombing that left him with a traumatic brain injury and not to mention constantly being haunted by a ghost of the war. In a surprising twist the stand-out star was Koale himself, giving a soul-destroying performance as you see his character crumble from the inside out!

Will Waller (Joe Cole) tries to search for normalcy after surviving several explosions, but he gets home to soon find out, this isn't his home anymore, he has nothing... these 3 men need saving, but will they accept that they need help and get it before it's to late?

This film really shows the harsh realities of war and the hardships of coming back to a place that should be home, but for some of these soldiers, it's not that at all. You don't need a degree in psychology to help, lend an ear to listen or a shoulder to cry on. Just imagine the relief for these men and woman if they knew that they had that option, some might not accept it nor even want it, but at least let them know we are there and we care.

Great directorial debut from Jason Hall, (the writer of American Sniper) who opts for the more thoughtful side of filmmaking. Hall is also helped enormously by the very strong cast who all put in tremendous performances!

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