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4 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50RogerEbert.comRogerEbert.comEvery once in a while there is a bright spot, most notably a scene with Gary Sinise as a sympathetic bartender and JoBeth Williams as a fragile barfly.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckWell intentioned in the extreme, Sgt. Will Gardner is more effective as PSA than drama.
- 30Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary Goldstein[Martini's] filmmaking instincts, undercut by the script’s meandering, episodic structure, prove too self-indulgent and heavy-handed to tell the kind of emotionally involving tale about post-traumatic stress disorder among returning soldiers that he clearly had in mind.
- 25TheWrapTricia OlszewskiTheWrapTricia OlszewskiHomelessness among military veterans is a noble subject for a filmmaker to take on. So it deserves a better vehicle than Sgt. Will Gardner, writer-director Max Martini’s clumsy and sometimes downright laughable portrayal of an injured Iraq war vet.