Monday recommended is for movies that may have passed you by. This one falls in line with Veterans Day coming up this week on Wednesday. So I recommend:
Fort Bliss
Directed by Claudia Myers
Screenplay by Claudia Myers
Starring Michelle Monaghan
After returning home from an extended tour in Afghanistan, a decorated U.S. Army medic and single mother struggles to rebuild her relationship with her young son.
This film is very raw. It shows the viewer the struggles of veterans returning home but it gives us the rare look of how it is for the female soldier.
This is a vey good film. We see Michelle Monaghan's character Maggie returning home...and trying desperately to reconnect with her child who has been staying with the boys father and his wife while she was deployed. So she is not only trying to assimilate back into the real world but also create a family and almost compete with the family (father and his wife) her son leaves behind. Then throw in her responsibility to her son and her family in the service who she stands for and feels a pull toward.
Is it an exciting movie? No. However it is a very good story showing the reality of being a modern day female soldier.
4 out of 5 stars for Fort Bliss
Available for streaming and rental from Netflix.
Tip of my cap to the veterans for all you did and do.
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