After returning home from an extended tour in Afghanistan, a decorated U.S. Army medic and single mother struggles to rebuild her relationship with her young son.
Acting
Michelle Monaghan's criminally underrated performance
Direction
Claudia Myers' authentic military family lens
Writing
Messy, real motherhood without hero worship
Director
Claudia Myers
Michelle Monaghan
Maggie Swann
Emmanuelle Chriqui
Alma
Pablo Schreiber
Staff Sergeant Donovan
Ron Livingston
Richard
Freddy Rodríguez
Garver
Dash Mihok
Staff Sergeant Malcolm
John Savage
Mike Swann
Oakes Fegley
Paul
Gbenga Akinnagbe
Sgt. Butcher
Manolo Cardona
Luis
Juan Gabriel Pareja
Javier
Drew Garrett
SPC Cook
Michael Sirow
Sergeant Morrison
Pam Trotter
Beth Ann
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Claudia Myers made this after interviewing real female veterans at Walter Reed; Maggie's isolation mirrors their stories of being 'too military for moms, too mom for military.'
Released the same year as 'American Sniper' but grossed roughly 0.1% — Hollywood's appetite for suffering male soldiers vs. struggling female ones in stark numbers.
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