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Thank You for Your Service (2017)

★ 6.6R108 minDirector: Jason Hall

2017 film by Jason Hall

Thank You for Your Service is a 2017 American biographical war drama film written and directed by Jason Hall, in his directorial debut, and based on the 2013 non-fiction book of the same name by David Finkel. Finkel, a Washington Post reporter, wrote about veterans of the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment returning to the vicinity of Fort Riley, Kansas, following a 15-month deployment in Iraq in 2007. The film is about posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depicting U.S. soldiers who try to adjust to civilian life, and stars Miles Teller, Haley Bennett, Beulah Koale, Amy Schumer, and Scott Haze. Bruce Springsteen wrote the song "Freedom Cadence" specifically for the closing credits.

The film had its world premiere at the Heartland Film Festival on October 15, 2017, and was theatrically released in the United States on October 27, 2017, by Universal Pictures. It received generally positive reviews, with praise for Teller's performance, but grossed just $9 million against its $20 million budget.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is Thank You for Your Service about?
Thank You for Your Service (2017) — DreamWorks Pictures' Thank You for Your Service follows a group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq who struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield. Starrin
Is Thank You for Your Service based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Thank You for Your Service scary?
Content rating: R. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.