Heimatfront (1996)

Heimatfront: Directed by Emilio Estevez. With Emilio Estevez, Kathy Bates, Martin Sheen, Kimberly Williams-Paisley. Haunted by his experiences in the Vietnam War, a young man returns home and has trouble adjusting back to civilian life, his family and his stern father.

“Minor B of more interest for its cast of up and coming future stars than the ordinary script. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eLana saddled with an unbecoming hairstyle is clearly being groomed for the big time. She still hadnu0026#39;t finished the transformation from the girlish Judy Turner to the sleek Lana but she is on her way, sheu0026#39;s bright and spunky. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe filmu0026#39;s lower budget origins are obvious in the fact that many of the plot points are teased along and then they and the actors involved simply disappear from the narrative. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe filmu0026#39;s most intriguing character, the insecure and lost Betty, is assigned to the best actress of the bunch Marsha Hunt but unfortunately treated as a secondary player. Her actions are never fully explained and the aftermath of her story is completely ignored however she makes more of an impression than any of the other performers and you miss her when sheu0026#39;s not on the screen. Actually her story could have made an interesting film on its own. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSlight but worth catching once for the cast.”