To say this is a great movie is the understatement of 2014. My entire family went and the five teenagers, four adults, and two grandparents who attended gave this movie an average rating of 9 out of 10. Many of us had read the book and were thoroughly pleased with the movie adaptation. The movie stops at the end of the war and doesn’t give you all of the details about how Zamperini suffers from alcoholism and serious post traumatic stress. They give a few quick post scripts about his life after the war but I’d like to add that Zamperini personally credits God for saving his life and eventually ended up dedicating his entire life to Jesus Christ.
Once you’ve seen the movie you should read the following article:
After ‘Unbroken’: The remarkable story of Louis Zamperini’s faith
or, better yet….read the book!
Note to parents:
From the MPAA: “The movie is rated PG-13 for war violence including intense sequences of brutality, and for brief language.” BRUTALITY is an understatement. The youngest in our party were two 13 year olds, a boy and a girl. I still feel it was appropriate for both of them but wanted you to be aware that the war scenes and POW abuse are definitely hard to watch at any age.
I agree. It is a fine film as far as it goes. It does gloss over his troubled years after returning. While the film proclaims to be about redemption, it skips his very challenging path back to being a great motivational speaker and witness to his faith.