Thank You For Your Service Review (2017)

Thank You For Your Service

  Starring Miles Teller, Beulah Koale, and Haley Bennett, Thank You For Your Service takes a look into the lives of veteran soldiers returning from Iraq. What's unique about this film, is that it doesn't really go into the actual war. Instead it dives into the PTSD caused from it, and the systems that prevent soldiers like these from getting the care they need.
  Thank You For Your Service is a very sobering film with fantastic performances all around, but lacks in the realm of execution. Don't get me wrong, I didn't dislike this film, I think it was very well intentioned, but at the same time there were moments that did feel quite contrived/overfamiliar in their emotion. That said, when this film does hit, it hits pretty hard, mainly due to the excellent, passionate performances from the cast.
  This is a tricky movie to critique due to the reverence and earnestness of its subject matter, but if I'm to be completely honest, it's not a film I'd probably watch again.
  In the end, I think Thank You For Your Services needed to be made, and is definitely watchable, but it didn't quite live up to the potential memorability it could have had.  6 out of 10 (Worth Ticket Price)