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Jarhead (2005)
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A study in Marine life, what training, bootcamp and then the subsequent stay for the pre-Desert Storm life in Kuwait is like for a band of men nicknamed Jarheads.
| Release Date: | November 4th, 2005 |
| MPAA Rating: | R |
| Running Time: | 123 minutes |
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$62,658,220 (US)
$96,889,998 (World) |
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Jarhead Movie Review by Max  (4/15/2006) |
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Director Sam Mendes' ("Road to Perdition") "Jarhead" is an adaptation of Anthony Swofford's own experiences in the first Gulf War in Saudi Arabia. Though waiting in the heat of the desert to just fight a little, many of the marines drive themselves into insanity. In "Jarhead," their slow transformation from men to animals...
(complete Jarhead review by Max)
| Jarhead Movie Review by Tony (3/31/2006) |
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Based on former Marine Anthony Swofford's best-selling 2003 book about his pre-Desert Storm experiences in Saudi Arabia and about his experiences fighting in Kuwait.
Jarhead" is unlike any other war movie of recent memory. It does not linger on the violence in the war, or have machine gun scenes. This is a movie about how...
(complete Jarhead review by Tony)
| Jarhead Movie Review by Matthew (11/7/2005) |
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Operation Mediocrity
Swoff (Jake Gyllenhaal, "Proof", "The Day After Tomorrow") is quickly assigned to C Company upon his arrival at the Marine base. Entering the barracks, he finds other Marines struggling to use a homemade USMC brand on a guy's leg. After they finish, they move on to Swoff. Struggling, he passes out as...
(complete Jarhead review by Matthew)
I was fascinated by the indoctrination of the Marines before they were ever sent to war.
It seems that they take great pains to build them into a unit that performs its mission without question.
It was sad to see what happened when they were sent to Desert Storm. Over six months in the desert heat and nothing to show for...
(complete Jarhead review by Movie Addict)
| Jarhead Movie Review by Leslie (7/10/2006) |
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This movie, Jarhead hit home in so many ways for me...I am the eldest daughter of a Marine, Jarhead who was serving in Korea when I was born, I am also a child of the 60's where (against my dad's beliefs) I not only lost a boyfriend in Vietnam but also believed with all my heart that we had no business being there. I have...
(complete Jarhead review by Leslie)
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