It becomes tedious to listen to and watch half-men bouncing around like pinballs, the filmmaker never allowing them to express a thought about the wider questions involved

| Feb 21, 2021

The film doesn't provide any easy answers to the issues surrounding the overwhelming number of veterans coming home and going into a system that isn't designed for such volume. But it does ask all of the right questions.

| May 19, 2020

Overall, Thank You for Your Service is a healthier take on the costs of war, which reverberate long after the conflict has ended.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 5, 2020

[Teller] drags the emotional turmoil of a thousand men, making Schumann a living martyr of a broken system. [February 1, 2018]

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 22, 2019

A missed opportunity to give visibility to an institutional problem and to offer a drama that could thrill an audience. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Jul 27, 2019

The unspoked space between

| Jul 16, 2019

It's certainly serious-minded, but it ultimately coasts on fumes rather than really giving it the emotional weight it deserves.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 4, 2019

The U.S. military is very good at war but Thank You For Your Service makes clear it needs some improvement in how those who served are returned to civilian life.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 26, 2019

The stories in Thank You For Your Service are authentic enough, day-to-day maddening enough, that the onus falls to us to do something about it.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Apr 16, 2019

Cold but never heartless and never afraid of how desolate the landscape of mental illness can be.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 21, 2019

This sobering look at soldiers returning from war and the horrific emotional impact of combat suffers only briefly from flashes of predictability and overall presents a realistic portrait of PTSD.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 21, 2018

A highly emotional, largely effective drama that's going far too underseen.

| Nov 7, 2018

What starts out as a well-intentioned but ineffective drama takes a wild turn at the halfway point from which it can't recover.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 30, 2018

Thank You For Your Service isn't always an easy watch, but it is a strong, respectful take on subject matter that deserves more attention.

| Original Score: B | Oct 30, 2018

While obviously reverent, the film never quite soars the way other recent films about the war in the Middle East do.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 30, 2018

A well written and well-performed outlook on the lives of discharged soldiers even though it struggles to find its footing with a balanced narrative at times.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 30, 2018

It's continually intriguing and is overall persuasive and done well.

| Original Score: B | Aug 28, 2018

A most interesting film that, despite accumulating too many dramatic elements, maintains at all times a subtle tone... It deserves a chance. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 26, 2018

[Jason] Hall had the opportunity to make an uncomfortable film, but opted to take the comfortable path of redemption. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Feb 26, 2018

The internalized and wonderful work of [Miles Teller] works. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 26, 2018