Thank You for Your Service (2017)
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A decorated soldier struggles to reconcile his harrowing experiences in Iraq with his return to civilian life in Kansas.
The story
After a harrowing 15-month combat tour in Iraq, the much-decorated Adam Schumann returns home to Kansas to his wife, Saskia, and their two young children. Adam suffers from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), manifesting as nightmares and frequent flashbacks. His wife encourages him to seek help from an overburdened Department of Veterans Affairs. While seeking solace from two nearby Iraq buddies, Adam must navigate the psychological toll of his service, including unresolved issues regarding a failed rescue mission and survivor's guilt over a fallen comrade.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
After a harrowing 15-month combat tour in Iraq, the much-decorated Adam Schumann returns home to Kansas to his wife, Saskia, and their two young children. Adam suffers from PTSD, manifesting as nightmares and frequent flashbacks. His wife encourages him to seek help from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Adam finds solace with two nearby buddies: Solo Aieti, an American Samoan, and Billy Waller, who commits suicide after being betrayed by his fiancée. Adam's trauma is rooted in a failed rescue of Michael Emory and survivor's guilt over Sergeant First Class James Doster, who died after hitting an IED while filling in for Adam. Doster's widow, Amanda, eventually finds closure and absolves Adam and Solo of responsibility. Meanwhile, Solo suffers from severe PTSD and memory loss, leading him to fall in with drug dealers led by a Gulf War veteran, Dante. Adam rescues Solo and places him in a rehabilitation center. Sometime later, Adam returns from his own stay at the rehabilitation center to his wife and children.
- First release year
- 2017
- Runtime (minutes)
- 108
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Jason Hall
- Writers
- Jason Hall · screenplay
- Cast and characters
- Miles Teller · Adam Schumann; Haley Bennett · Saskia; Beulah Koale · Solo Aieti; Amy Schumer; Scott Haze; Joe Cole
- Genres
- biographical; war drama
- Themes
- posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); survivor's guilt; military service; rehabilitation
- Tone and mood
- sobering; powerfully acted; intimate
- Premise and plot tags
- biographical; war drama; Iraq War; PTSD; based on non-fiction
- Source material / true-story basis
- 2013 non-fiction book by David Finkel
- Content notes
- suicide
- Reception
- The film received generally positive reviews, with praise for Miles Teller's performance, but it was an underperforming biopic at the box office.
- Production trivia
- Bruce Springsteen wrote the song 'Freedom Cadence' specifically for the closing credits.; Steven Spielberg was originally expected to direct the film.; The film was originally intended to be directed by Steven Spielberg and star Daniel Day-Lewis.
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