Jarhead (2005)

R · 115 minutes

Directed by Sam Mendes
Written by William Broyles Jr., Anthony Swofford

Starring
• Jake Gyllenhaal
• Jamie Foxx
• Peter Sarsgaard
• Chris Cooper
• Jacob Vargas
• Skyler Stone

Action, Comedy, Drama, War

Synopsis: "Jarhead" (the self-imposed moniker of the Marines) follows Anthony Swoff, a third-generation enlistee, from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty, sporting a sniper's rifle and a hundred-pound ruck on his back through Middle East deserts with no cover from intolerable heat or from Iraqi soldiers, always potentially just over the next horizon. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves with sardonic humanity and wicked comedy on blazing desert fields in a country they don't understand against an enemy they can't see for a cause they don't fully fathom.

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Reviews

Author	Date			CR	D
Kernan	14 Nov 2005	89	84	86	5
Funslinger	22 Dec 2005	65	90	76	-25
Black Sheep	07 Jan 2006	87	76	81	11
Average: (3 Reviews)		80	83	81	-3

Statistics
Smarts Average:	80%
Popcorn Average:	83%
Combined Average:	81%	Margin of Error:	+/- 15%
Number of Reviews:	3	Consensus:	3 out of 3
Confidence:	77%	Verdict:	Smart Popcorn

Merchandise

Jarhead (Audio Book CD Unabridged)

Amazon: $39.95 Jarhead Soundtrack

Amazon: $18.98 Jarhead: A Marines Chronicle of the Gulf War

Amazon: $15.00 Jesus Walks [CD-SINGLE]

Amazon: $12.99 Stealth (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition)

Amazon: $19.94 Stealth [SOUNDTRACK]

Amazon: $13.98