Going All the Way
Korean War--era veterans and ex-classmates "Gunner" Casselman and "Sonny" Burns reunite upon their return home. Gunner, who spent the war years abroad, is trying to convince his mother that his gal Marty is good enough for him, while Sonny, who was stationed stateside, is torn between loyal Buddy and tempting Gale Ann. As they commiserate, the men realize that they're outgrowing the lives they lived before the war.
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- Jeremy Davies , Ben Affleck , Amy Locane , Rose McGowan , Rachel Weisz , Robert Swan , Jill Clayburgh
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I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
You won't be disappointed!
I wanted to but couldn't!
Brilliant and touching
A young man (played by Jeremy Davis) is returning home from the Korean war to the parents he joined the war to escape from. Along the way, he meets a happy-go-lucky extrovert (played by Ben Affleck at what seemed to be his sexual peak) co-soldier with whom he unwittingly becomes friends with. This is cool for him, since he now has a friend he can run away to whenever things at home become too hectic. With Gunner (Affleck), Sonny finds a new lease on life when he is introduced to a different side of life whereby he doesn't have to masturbate in his bedroom hoping that his parents can't hear him, or sneak a childhood friend into the house for missionary sex. Tagging along with Gunner, he meets the stunning Gail (played with Va-VA-Voom by Rose McGowan) the cousin of Gunner sex-goddess girlfriend (played by the equally stunning Rachel Weisz Pre-Oscar), add an anti-Semitic mother who is sexually attracted to her own son (Gunner's mum), a strictly religious and stern mother (Sonny's mum), weird pops (Sonny's dad) and a priest into the mix and you're sure to be going all the way! Ben Affleck's sexuality and performance in this film rivals that of Brad Pitt's in Thelma and Louise but this film was so underrated that nobody would have noticed this. Nevertheless, when you see him up on that screen flirting with Weisz's character, things seem to get hot all of a sudden.
Jeremy Davis is the most UNINTERESTING & BORING actor on the face of this planet. With the exception to Saving Private Ryan, every film this creep is in, is ruined by his annoying acting style.This film is a BORING and PRETENTIOUS look at a young youth who is having a hard time finding his way in life. I was really disappointed to see that Mark Pellington directed this film, considering Arlington Road and The Mothman Prophecies are bona fide masterpieces.Don't waste your time on this heep, and don't let the names Ben Affleck, Rachel Wieze, and Rose McGowan attract you to this film -- because it's all Jermey Davis -- on slow-drive.
There were two things that shocked me about this mostly average film. First, Jeremy Davies gives almost the exact same performance as he gave in Saving Private Ryan, the tics, the mannerisms, the speech patterns, it's all there. Second, his character, an awkward, nerdy photographer home from WWII bags both Amy Locane AND Rose McGowan! Huh? Unbelievable but true.As to the film itself, my main problem with it lay with the friendship at the center. Why does Ben Affleck's character, an outgoing, popular vet also returning from WWII, want to hang out with Davies' character when they are clearly opposites? It's never explained. Also lacking is the plot. There is none. The film simply follows those two characters around on their various exploits but there's never any kind of narrative driving the "story" from scene to scene.All in all, the film is interesting only to see some early work by actors who have gone on to become more popular today - Affleck, Davies and McGowan.
This is a great movie. Brilliantly acted, especially by Jeremy Davies, but also ably supported by Ben Affleck, it is sometimes very painful to watch and one of the very rare examples of a movie about post-adolescent angst that really works. Very moving, and the director as well as Davies ( the weedy guy in Saving Private Ryan) deserve to be very big.
