Movie #567 "To Hell and Back Again" is a documentary that is nominated for an academy award this year and it is very deserving. It's well done because first of all when the documentarian started on this filming, he didn't know what was going to happen --- he didn't know the ending, and yet he played it out to the hit this guy took, and then followed him home to his therapy, etc. but then, when he presents the story to us, he juxtaposes the past with the present --- i.e., while he's showing the guy going to the doctor, trying to get a parking space at Walmart and then taking a wheelchair in, visiting with his doctor, etc., he cuts in between those scenes back to before he was hit --- and ends on him being hit. It becomes very powerful when you watch it that way. To add to the story, we really see what these soldiers have to go through to get the Afghans' help. We are shown to be a problem to them when he come to help --- they see us as a hindrance because they have to leave their homes, and they are further afraid of not only the Taliban but us and what we'll do. Very enlightening film and I recommend it.
I rate this 3.8 out of 5
Hell and Back Again
(2011) NR
In this unvarnished documentary set on the Afghan front line, U.S. Marine Sgt. Nathan Harris is wounded by Taliban machine-gun fire, then returns to his North Carolina home to grapple with the stress of civilian life.
Genre:Documentaries, Military Documentaries, Social & Cultural Documentaries
This movie is:Gritty
Availability: Streaming and DVD
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