Last Flag Flying balances raw drama against refreshing moments of humor in an impeccably cast film that wrestles with questions of patriotism, family, and grief. Last Flag Flying only flirts with these difficult themes, never really going far with them. There's something a little.well, 'fraidy cat about that.
There are scenes where Cranston single-handedly made the entire audience in my theater howl with laughter. Within few minutes Steve Carell opens up to his friends and it is hardly possible for someone to not cry; now this represents how. "Last Flag Flying" is far more interesting when it gets philosophical. There's an interesting undercurrent of faith at play in this story—faith in a higher power that leads one into life as a Reverend or faith in a system that orders young men to die in impossible wars, and ultimately a faith in each other to do the.
Last Flag Flying starring Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, and Laurence Fishburne directed by Richard Linklater is reviewed by Alonso Duralde (TheWrap. Read Common Sense Media's Last Flag Flying review, age rating, and parents guide. Parents need to know that Last Flag Flying is a dramedy about a Vietnam War veteran who enlists the aid of two other veterans to help claim the body of his son, who was killed in the Iraq War. "Last Flag Flying," Mr. Linklater's new feature, is a suite for three voices. It's a lot of other things, too. A war movie, in its way, and also a road picture and a memory play.
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But in "Last Flag Flying," Linklater's poet muse seems to have taken a sabbatical. Yet the central reason that "Last Flag Flying" fails to take wing is that its characters don't ring true. Doing a spin on "The Last Detail" sounds like vintage Linklater audacity, yet to evoke that movie raises the bar.
It stars Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston. Thirty years after they served together, former medic Larry 'Doc' Shepherd (Carell) enlists 'Nam buddies Sal Nealon (Cranston) and Richard Mueller (Fishburne) to attend the military funeral of his son, killed in action in Iraq. Here, three fine actors play off one another with gentle deference. "Father Wants to Honor His Fallen Son". Last Flag Flying is probably the only kind of war picture Linklater could make—a drama devoid of helicopter raids and explosions.