Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to look over Sam’s wife, Grace, and two children. Sam’s surprise homecoming triggers domestic mayhem.
- sibling relationship
- loss of loved one
- brother-in-law
- afghanistan war (2001-2021)
- remake
- sister-in-law
- wistful
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Tobey Maguire
Capt. Sam Cahill
Jake Gyllenhaal
Tommy Cahill
Natalie Portman
Grace Cahill
Sam Shepard
Hank Cahill
- Mare Winningham — Elsie Cahill
- Bailee Madison — Isabelle Cahill
- Taylor Geare — Maggie Cahill
- Patrick John Flueger — Private Joe Willis
- Clifton Collins Jr. — Major Cavazos
- Carey Mulligan — Cassie Willis
- Omid Abtahi — Yusuf
- Navid Negahban — Murad
- Ethan Suplee — Sweeney
- Arron Shiver — A.J.
- Ray Prewitt — Owen
- Directed
- Jim Sheridan
Production
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 · 3,991 ratings
- Studio
- Lionsgate, Relativity Media, Sighvatsson Films, Michael De Luca Productions, Palomar Pictures, Mandate International
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.
