Report Card---Last Flag Flying.

Bryon Cranston, Lawrence Fishbourne, and Steve Carell,  I'm in.
I saw it a while ago, saw no reason to rush to report on it.
It was certainly a quality movie.  Carell loses his son in Afghanistan.  The body is shipped home.
He enlists two of his friends to accompany him to Arlington, where his son is to be buried.
The friends, former battle-mates in Vietnam, share a dark history.  But being the good friends they are, agree to make the trip.  It then becomes mainly a dark road trip movie.  With very good dialogue.

On to the scoring:   

Did you have any built in expectations about this film, and if so, were they met, or even exceeded?

With those actors, plenty.  My memory of it has already diminished.
C.

Is it interesting?

It was when I was watching it.
B+.

Compelling even?

No.  It was nobody's finest work.
C.

Is it good storytelling?

At the time, yes.
B.

Is it well written?

Very well written.
A.

Is it well cast? Well played?

With all those shtarkers, absolutely
A+.

Well shot?

Very.
A.

Did the director put such a personal stamp on it so that no one else could have made it?

No.
C.

How long does it take to establish the film's locale and time period?

It's immediately the present.
A.

Is it too long? Too short?

Just right.
B+.

Is it believable? Do you care about the characters?.

Yes, and yes.
A+.

Is it predictable?

No.
A.

Do you think about it after you've seen it?

That's the trouble.  I really don't.  It just flew out of my head.

Is it funny?

No.
C-.

Would it have been worth the thirteen bucks it would have cost to see it in the movies?

Not mine.
D.

Is it impressive?

Not to me.  Maybe to others.
C.

Overall grade: B.

There seems to be more going for it than there was for me.

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