Two Marines are accused of murdering a fellow Marine at their base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. They are set to be defended by a young lawyer who has wheeled and dealed his way through cases...never seeing them through in a courtroom. However, based on the case itself and the push of fellow litigators, this case appears in court. As a result, politics, morals, duties, and codes...loyalty and honor...are just a few of the issues brought to the table. Tom Cruise, Demi Moore, Kevin Pollak, Jack Nicholson, Keifer Sutherland, and Kevin Bacon bring this amazing story to a tremendous level. It's entertaining, thought-provoking, and gripping...intelligent and humorous. Simply, impressive.

I was exposed to this movie in my competitive speech class and through my speech coach. It's a great movie and DVD to have when teaching the importance and usefulness of good, persuasive communication and argument skills.

The amazing dialog. Aaron Sorkin did a wonderful job with this screenplay. Words are the most powerful thing about this movie; they are written and expressed very well.

I love the story. The movie is great. The only complaint about this DVD is that it only has a widescreen format. Until I get a widescreen TV, I have to remain unhappy without a fullscreen...something that can annoy the heck out of me.

Watch some scenes again. The words between Cruise and Nicholson at the end of the movie are priceless ("You can't handle the truth!").

Did spectacular. They added a great amount of power, passion, intelligence, humor, and strength to this script. It's a great story, but this movie is great because of some amazing performances from everyone involved. Well done!

It makes you think...it pushes some intellectual limits for some, and it gives us look at several different issues. It also is a terrific example of wonderful communication skills that can be very useful.

If you hate widescreen on your full-screen TV, this may be a problem...

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