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The Messenger (2009)  link to The Messenger on IMDb  link to trailer on IMDb

Number: 2701

poster The Messenger

IMDb Rating:
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7.1/10 (31523 votes)

Country: USA, 113 minutes

Spoken Languages: English, Spanish

Genre(s): Drama, War, Romance

Director(s): Oren Moverman

Video Codec: Unknown

Storyline:
While on a recent deployment to Iraq, US Army Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery is injured when an improvised explosive device goes off within close proximity to him. He is back in the States recovering from the more serious of those injuries, including one to his eye and leg. He has resumed a sexual relationship with his long time girlfriend Kelly, despite the fact that she is now engaged to another man who Will knows. With the few months Will has left in his enlistment, the army assigns him to the Casualty Notification Team in his area. Not having a background in counseling, psychology or grief management, he is unsure if he is well suited to this job. He is partnered with a career soldier, Captain Tony Stone, who teaches Will the precise protocol involved in the job. Tony tells Will, who quickly learns by on the job experience, that this job has its own dangers. As Will learns to adapt to the range of emotions of the next of kin, he is unprepared for the reaction of Olivia Pitterson, ...

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Cast:

photo Ben Foster Ben Foster Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery
photo Jena Malone Jena Malone Kelly
photo Eamonn Walker Eamonn Walker Colonel Stuart Dorsett
photo Woody Harrelson Woody Harrelson Captain Tony Stone
photo Yaya DaCosta Yaya DaCosta Monica Washington

Medium: Unknown,

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 2.35:1