SummaryA Marine wounded in Afghanistan returns to a VA hospital in Montana where he meets a Vietnam vet who teaches him fly fishing as a means to coming to terms with his physical and emotional trauma.
Directed By:Joshua Caldwell
Written By:Stephen Camelio
Mending the Line
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Jun 12, 2023
63
The patience of the sport and the tranquility of the settings casts a spell, and it all comes together in modestly, honestly moving ways.
Jun 9, 2023
63
The cranky old-coot humor between Studi and Cox is a welcome break, and there could have been more of it.
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Jun 8, 2023
60
In general, Stephen Camelio’s script, sensitive and convincing as it is, attempts to pack too much emotion, back story and metaphor into a relatively slender tale. The result is a two-hour film that would have benefited from a judicious trim, a quickened pace and less melodrama.
Jun 9, 2023
50
The title of the film “Mending the Line” refers to an adjustment to a fly-fishing line to counter the effects of water currents. But there’s a lot more than the placement of a filament that needs to be remedied in this well-meaning but inert PTSD melodrama.
Jul 5, 2024
5
(Mauro Lanari) Fly fishing as a way to deal with emotional and physical war trauma is fascinating and poetic, as long as it does not pretend to become an existential lesson and is not burdened by a markedly TV direction.
Production Company:
- ArtImage Entertainment
- August Point Productions
- CKM Entertainment
- Meydenbauer Entertainment
- U.S. Department Of Defense, US Navy
- U.S. Marine Corps Entertainment & Media
Release Date:Jun 9, 2023
Duration:2 h 2 m
Rating:R
Awards
San Diego International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
