The title "Military Wives" is plain to the point of blandness. This good-hearted comedy-drama, starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Sharon Horgan, deserves a little better. Military Wives centres on a group of women who's partners have all been deployed into Afghanistan, and the inner and daily routines of these women who, whenever whenever a phone rings or the bells on their front doors.
If your review contains spoilers, please check the Spoiler box. "Military Wives" respects the sacrifices these women have made for a war no one in the film seems interested in justifying. K. soldiers have died in Afghanistan, which means the audience anticipates one of the women getting that heartbreaking door knock. Read Common Sense Media's Military Wives review, age rating, and parents guide.
Directed by Peter Cattaneo, this movie sits in the category of feel-good comedies that display the strength in community spirit. Military Wives Cast & Crew Directed by: Peter Cattaneo Produced by: Ben Pugh Piers Temest Rory Aitken Written by: Rachel Tunnard Rosanne Flynn Starring. It stars Kristin Scott Thomas, Sharon Horgan and Jason Flemyng. Military Wives—inspired by the real-life women's choir, begun by the spouses and girlfriends of British servicemen in the late aughts, that landed a Christmas Which is its own sturdy marketing point for the film. There's a great performance at the center of this otherwise dismayingly bland movie, lugging the. A military wives choir film without Gareth Malone?
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Military Wives is what you would call a feel-good movie. That doesn't have to be a derisive term - why shouldn't you feel good about what you're watching, even if that means sometimes it's a little sentimental or a little predictable. Feel-good movies are designed to be comforting.
Starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Sharon Horgan, Jason Flemyng, Greg Wise, Amy James-Kelly, Emma The essence of Military Wives' casting seems very appropriate - Kristin Scott Thomas and Sharon Horgan certainly suit their roles as uptight CO's. In a fine example of casting chemistry, Kristin Scott Thomas and Sharon Horgan are thrown together by circumstance as Kate and Lisa - counting the hours of their husbands' tours of duty in Afghanistan. Kate is the Colonel's wife who has already lost her only child in the conflict. Lisa is the new arrival on base.