Thousand Yard Stare

This is one of the worst war movies I have ever seen. The battle scenes look like they were done by reenactors, the homefront scenes are stilted and full of stereotypes. The acting is awful and direction terrible. The only reason I gave it 3 stars is that it is trying (badly) to address PTSD.

Not a big budget and clearly working with limited resources. But solid nonetheless.

In the beginning of this film we see a female nurse wearing a kaki trousers!!!! in ww2 nurses never wore trousers.never.stay away from this piece of rubbish, the acting is terrible,especially the so called actress who's playing the wife of the so called "protagonist",he is almost as bad as her,the story arc is simply ludicrous,the plastic tank models are small and look completely new,like someone just took them out of box seconds before the "battle" scene was shot.

If you have ptsd, you will relate completely to the protagonist.

Survivors guilt, inability to reconcile the chances that led to survival and descent to dispair.

Inability to connect to loved ones, regular life and suicidal ideation / action.

Is it perfect? No. But those complaining about back and forth...., you are fine then trauma occurs and you relive things. That's why the film is created that way.

Only accepting what happened and confronting it helped.

Watching the journey of the protagonist was excruciating. Particularly when he was going to meet his wife and stopped for a drink.

This wasn't a large budget blockbuster but it does a better job of depicting trauma than most films to date.

It's a great approach when you tackle the issues of PTSD. Some cases it's never really discussed, especially in film. I had the opportunity to see this during it's run at the Edmonton International Film Festival in October 2017. I actually used to work with the guys who made this film years ago. They are determined, and very ambitious in their work. I am extremely proud of these guys, and what they have achieved.