The Messenger Reviews and Ratings


  • cenzano38
    December 2, 2009
    cenzano38
    The Messenger is a limited release movie that covers a potentially difficult subject.

    What becomes a good movie about the two characters starts out a cheesed up, run of the mill film that seems to try distancing itself from the audience with standard "soldier scenes." They thro...( read more)w in one cliche after the next that takes any potential for uniqueness, and even greatness, from The Messenger.

    The actors are the best thing about The Messenger. Easily.Woody Harrelson, Ben Foster, Samantha Moon; all wonderfully cast, and playing their parts very well. The director is Oren Moverman, who is also co-writer. He does a fair job, but with this cast, I doubt he had to work too hard.

    The chemistry between Ben Foster/Smantha Morton and Ben Foster/Woody Harrelson were both fantastic. The movie had a good transition from senior ranking soldier/enlisted to guys who don't like each other, to good friends who share the bond of being screwed up from similar instances.

    If they did consult veterans for information, they didn't do a very good job transitioning it to film. The emotion was there, but they weren't able to get the audience fully involved. That's a pretty big thing with a movie like The Messenger. It's just OK.

    For serious movie watchers, I'd say rent it. By all means. If you're not into watching a movie just to see good acting, you don't have to bother with The Messenger.
  • mshtivelman
    November 26, 2009
    mshtivelman
    i love a good miltry flim
    and this one sertently
    dilveres on that . i found
    it to be a buetful complax
    flim with great preformas
    espacil by ben foster. i
    know movie like this one
    are not populer right now
    but i really liked it.
  • LitelBluHli
    November 4, 2009
    LitelBluHli
    Wow, reading about it gave me chills. =)
  • laurent36
    October 28, 2009
    laurent36
    Opened 2009 Woodstock FIlm Festival to rousing reviews and applause. Best Q&A ever...
  • CinemaPlanet
    October 12, 2009
    CinemaPlanet
    Interesting character study bogs down with narrative inertia.

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