The highlight of the movie is the actors - they all put in great performances using the weak scrpit. The movie uses too many cliches and counts on those to make us care about the characters. What I did like is that the movie shows the huge impact war can have on soldiers and their families. Big props to Tobey Maguire for his performance. Jake Gyllenhaal is funny (and really hot girls); unforunately Natalie Portman doesnt have much of a role to work with but she's crazy good as usual.