Marshall Fine: Oren Moverman delivers with The Messenger
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
It's referred to as "development hell" - that period between when a script is optioned and when it gets a green light - an endless...
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Reel Thoughts: Homefront
Movie Dearest (Free subscription) | yesterday
If there is one film genre that gets no love from the public, it’s anything to do with the Iraq War. The Hurt Locker earlier this year might change that if it gets some Oscar love, but another film may break the cycle as well. Woody Harrelson and the handsome Ben Foster (Angel in X-Men: The Last Stand ) costar in Oren Moverman’s The Messenger , a touching look at the war from...
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Maguire, Gyllenhaal and Portman on Brothers
ComingSoon.net (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Just a few weeks after the release of Oren Moverman's The Messenger and its look at the soldiers who have to inform the loved ones of soldiers when they're killed in the line of duty, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Jim Sheridan ( In the Name of the Father , My Left Foot , In America ) returns with his own version of Susanne Bier's Danish drama Brothers , starring Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal...
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The message behind The Messenger': a compelling look at life in death
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
"The Messenger" has been on the tip of Americans' tongues for months, thanks to prerelease screenings at film festivals from Sundance to Sedona. Co-written by director Oren Moverman ("I'm Not There," "Jesus' Son"), the story follows Army Staff Sgt. Will Montgomery (Ben Foster) in his final tour of duty on the Army's Casualty Notification service, living out...
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PICK The Messenger: An Oscar Shot for Woody Harrelson?
Seattle Weekly (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
I'm Not There screenwriter Oren Moverman makes his directorial debut with this moving and nuanced drama about the home-front readjustment period for decorated Iraq War hero Will Montgomery (Ben Foster). After surviving a roadside blast, he's reassigned as a Casualty Notification Officer and...
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Adam Yauch launches direct-mail DVD company, Osclloscope
Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
... lineup but the company owns the rights to Colin Beavan's environmental documentary No Impact Man and Oren Moverman's military drama, The Messenger . Along with his production and musical work, Yauch also frequently directed some of the Beastie Boys' more elaborate music videos under the name Nathanial Hörnblowér.
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The message behind The Messenger': a compelling look at life in death
KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
"The Messenger" has been on the tip of Americans' tongues for months, thanks to prerelease screenings at film festivals from Sundance to Sedona. Co-written by director Oren Moverman ("I'm Not There," "Jesus' Son"), the story follows Army Staff Sgt. Will Montgomery (Ben Foster) in his final tour of duty on the Army's Casualty Notification service, living out...
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'The Messenger': The ravages at home of a faraway war
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
... for the bad news. A lover may guess why they're there before a word is spoken.First-time director Oren Moverman's gripping new drama, "The Messenger," dares to keep its focus on the variety of responses to disaster. This includes the messengers, who are not encouraged to become emotionally involved with the people they inform.It happens, of course. Will Montgomery (Ben Foster) is...
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The Messenger Review
Pajiba (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
I've spent a lot of time walking around art museums. Sometimes you'll walk through a particular display, several paintings by artists of no particular note, and pause for a moment. You aren't studying or appreciating so much as just looking....
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Ben Foster - Army Officials Called Off Fosters Sex Scene With Morton
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
A sex scene between BEN FOSTER and Brit SAMANTHA MORTON was scrapped from new movie THE MESSENGER - because U.S. Army officials didn't approve of the idea of soldiers sleeping with fallen comrades' wives.X-Men: The Last Stand star Foster plays a reluctant war hero assigned the job of alerting the next of kin their loved ones have died in combat. His character falls for the widow of one dead soldier....
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The Messenger: a great new film about a job I would never want
Holiday Matinee (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The Messenger is a new film written and directed by Oren Moverman, a former Israeli paratrooper and writer of one of my favorite books, Jesus’ Son. It stars Ben Foster and Woody Harrelson as casualty notification officers and follows them in their day to day routine of telling families that their loved ones have passed. That’s a [...]
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Movie review: 'The Messenger' (Grade: A)
The M.O. (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
You don’t need to witness battles on the screen to understand the horrors and complexities of war, as evidenced by screenwriter Oren Moverman’s incredible directorial debut, “The Messenger.” Will Montgomery (Ben Foster) has returned from the war in Iraq a decorated hero, but, with multiple injuries, he must serve out the final three months of his tour stateside....