Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- China, United Kingdom, United States
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks the film shows what really happened to his squad – contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.
- post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
- based on novel or book
- war veteran
- american football
- thanksgiving
- cheerleader
- soldier
- iraq war
- producer
- effects from the past
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Makenzie Leigh — Faison
- Vin Diesel — Shroom
- Steve Martin — Norm Oglesby
- Stro — Lodis (as Brian 'Astro' Bradley)
- Arturo Castro — Marcellino 'Mango' Montoya
- Ismael Cruz Cordova — Sgt. Holliday
- Barney Harris — Sykes
- Beau Knapp — Crack
- Mason Lee — Foo
- Ben Platt — Josh
- Bruce McKinnon — Ray Lynn
- Directed
- Ang Lee
- Written
- Jean-Christophe Castelli
Production
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 · 642 ratings
- Studio
- Bona Film Group, The Ink Factory, Marc Platt Productions, Studio 8, TriStar Pictures, Film4 Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
