Chicago – The poster is what gives away “Megan Leavey” the most. The titular soldier, and her bomb-sniffing dog, below a billowing American flag. So which war is it? Why, it’s the Iraq invasion, where the U.S. military and the politicians at home “freed” the Iraqi citizens from a peaceful life. Making a dog story out of that boondoggle doesn’t make it any more palatable, except to “support the troops.”
Rating: 2.0/5.0
Eventually the film feels like propaganda, because it takes aways all the nastiness of war – and its heinous injuries – and reduces it to platitudes about a girl and her dog. This is based-on-truth, as they say, and adding in uncomfortable working class scenarios about the soldier’s family can’t save the observation that the film is exploitative regarding the real Megan’s life. Surprisingly, there was a similar film about a bomb-sniffing dog in Iraq called...
Rating: 2.0/5.0
Eventually the film feels like propaganda, because it takes aways all the nastiness of war – and its heinous injuries – and reduces it to platitudes about a girl and her dog. This is based-on-truth, as they say, and adding in uncomfortable working class scenarios about the soldier’s family can’t save the observation that the film is exploitative regarding the real Megan’s life. Surprisingly, there was a similar film about a bomb-sniffing dog in Iraq called...
- 6/9/2017
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Edie Falco and Kate Mara star as Jackie and Megan Leavey in Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s Megan Leavey, a Bleecker Street release. Credit: Michael Tacket / Bleecker Street
Bleecker Street has released new photos from the upcoming film Megan Leavey. See this movie – it’s a great film.
From director Gabriela Cowperthwaite (Blackfish), the upcoming drama based on the powerful true story of a marine’s best friend opens in theaters everywhere June 9.
Megan Leavey is based on the true life story of a young marine corporal (Kate Mara) whose unique discipline and bond with her military combat dog saved many lives during their deployment in Iraq. When she is assigned to clean up the K9 unit after a disciplinary hearing, Leavey identifies with a particularly aggressive dog, Rex, and is given the chance to train him. Over the course of their service, Megan and Rex completed more than 100 missions until an Ied explosion injures them,...
Bleecker Street has released new photos from the upcoming film Megan Leavey. See this movie – it’s a great film.
From director Gabriela Cowperthwaite (Blackfish), the upcoming drama based on the powerful true story of a marine’s best friend opens in theaters everywhere June 9.
Megan Leavey is based on the true life story of a young marine corporal (Kate Mara) whose unique discipline and bond with her military combat dog saved many lives during their deployment in Iraq. When she is assigned to clean up the K9 unit after a disciplinary hearing, Leavey identifies with a particularly aggressive dog, Rex, and is given the chance to train him. Over the course of their service, Megan and Rex completed more than 100 missions until an Ied explosion injures them,...
- 4/7/2017
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Exclusive: Ramon Rodriguez has landed the male lead role of Cpl. Matt Morales opposite Kate Mara in the Iraq War hero film Megan Leavey. The film directed by Blackfish helmer Gabriela Cowperthwaite follows female Marine Leavey (Mara) who turns her life around by enlisting in the K9 unit. She is teamed with an aggressive combat dog named Rex and they’re deployed to Iraq as an elite bomb-sniffing team. Rodriguez’s character Morales is another dog handler who is assigned to…...
- 10/16/2015
- Deadline
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