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Created Nov 25, 2012 08:17PM PST • Edited Nov 25, 2012 08:17PM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   OK 2.5

   Kyle discovers his grandpa Bud’s old Army footlocker from WWII, the mementos within serve as the catalyst for some great wartime storytelling. As you learn with a movie opening flashback, Kyle becomes a soldier also, and the stories along with the bond made for a great movie which has a Band of Brothers feel, except with a bridging from old wars to new. Memorial Day is obviously filmed in a way to get the audience to be sentimental and thankful for all of those who serve in wartime, and it succeeds at that. In terms of being a memorable film, well not so much, but it is entertaining.

4. Acting

   Good 3.0

   James Cromwell makes a great crotchety old grandpa wartime storyteller, and Jonathan Bennett is pretty good as his grandson wartime protege.

5. Male Stars Good 3.0

6. Female Stars Good 3.0

7. Female Costars Good 3.0

8. Male Costars Good 3.0

10. Film

    OK 2.5

11. Direction OK 2.5

12. Play OK 2.5

13. Music OK 2.5

14. Visuals OK 2.5
15. Content

16. Edge

    Risqué 1.8

17. Sex Titillating 1.8

18. Violence Fierce 1.8

19. Rudeness Salty 1.8

21. Reality

    Glib 1.3

22. Circumstantial Glib 1.3

23. Biological Glib 1.3

24. Physical Glib 1.3