What could have been a very good film is unfortunately spoiled by a totally overboard tribute to the US armed forces. I found the ending particularly corny. Actually, this movie would have been a bit of a flop if it wasn't for the tour de force performance of young Uriah Shelton. He overshadowed the rest of the cast completely.
He plays Henry, a thirteen year old, who's father is called to active duty in Afghanistan. Shortly after his dad departed the boy's life starts to fall apart. The rest of the story tells of his efforts to try and put it back together again amidst lots of adversity.
Like I stated above, this is more of a propaganda film for the USA and its involvement in world conflicts than anything else. However, despite all of this I enjoyed watching this multi-talented young actor at work and I am sure we will see quite a bit more of him in future.
As far as the movie itself is concerned, I am sorry to say that I could not give it more than 3 out of 5 stars...
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