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Born on the Fourth of July
Embodying the true story and the struggles of a young religious man, who falls deeply for his own land and is ready to scarify himself for the sake of its freedom, Ron Kovic, a courageous soldier, who after the war, becomes an activist and criticizes the war, a s he feels that his country betrayed him.
23 February 1961, San Francisco, California, USA
8 July 1963, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
1 August 1964, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
25 April 1977
30 October 1938, Long Beach, Long Island, New York, USA
1 September 1955, Youngstown, Ohio, USA
December 21, 2008
Not the sort of movie you actually enjoy, but its thought-provoking subject matter and haunting images are not easily forgotten.
January 01, 2000
This is an impassioned movie, made with conviction and evangelical verve. It's also hysterical and overbearing and alienating.
June 06, 2008
Tom Cruise, who takes Kovic from clean-cut eager teen to impassioned long-haired activist, is stunning.
August 08, 2012
Not counting his iconic themes for such blockbusters as Star Wars and Jaws, this might feature John Williams' best music score to date.
May 20, 2003
Born on the Fourth of July is...the most ambitious nondocumentary film yet made about the entire Vietnam experience.
July 04, 2012
An exceptional feature on every level of execution, also displaying a rare sensitivity to Stone that he would spend the rest of his career trying to bury in violence and experimentation.
January 01, 2000
Stone has created a film whose overblown parts add up to far less than the epic whole he had in mind.
January 02, 2011
Unflinching story of Vietnam vet turned activist.
May 12, 2001
Stone has found in Cruise the ideal actor to anchor the movie with simplicity and strength.
December 21, 2008
Cruise's impassioned performance as Kovic is an impressive accomplishment.
September 19, 2016
...a tale of American masculinity undone.
June 24, 2006
A compelling, elegiac film, particularly encouraging after the simplified morality of Platoon.
