after just have watch the deer hunter and which be a masterpiece and the movie jacknife have big shoe to fill . it have same theme a the deer hunter and the devastating effect on a person after the vietnam war . robert de niro be in this film and a in the deer hunter and be very good here and as be kathy baker . but this movie belong to ed harris and who give a powerful and emotional and impactful performance . the movie be base on a stage play and and there be one or two scene where that felt obvious to me . by that i just mean that for those one or two scene it felt like i be watch a stage play . that be not that big a deal and and doesn not really diminish the film . i actually really liked this movie . it not an epic like the deer hunter . they be about similar era and have similar theme and but they be two very different film . i think the deer hunter be great and and i also think this movie be great . it the act in this one that make it so great . for me and jacknife be a positive .