Directed by: K. Lorell ManningReleased: 2011
i got to see this one at the rhode island international film festival (where i was working, woohoo for getting paid to watch movies). a pretty typical after-the-war type story; guy comes home from four tours of iraq pretty burned up and with a temporary loss of the use of his legs. they put him in a shitty VA rehab where he gets stuck in the PTSD ward... this gives it a pretty big "cuckoos nest" vibe (fine by me). i picked up on a little "johnny got his gun," too, although the influence was minimal. HNY is an extremely sobering portrayal of soldiers after they come home from war, mainly focusing on the treatment, or lack thereof, that they receive. i was lucky to see the screening that i did; there were a ton of vets in the audience, all of whom agreed that the story was dead on. this is a really, really good film, and one that i think everyone should view at least once. 8/10
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