estevez and martin sheen and kathy bates be superb in this portrayal of a vietnam vet home from the war but still haunt by it . bat play a clueless mother who just want the family to be a family . sheen be terrific a the father who try to understand what his son be go through but be too wrap up in his principle to really empathize . the setting be thanksgiving day and the relative be come for dinner . estevez and who play the return vet and want no part of family tradition and insists on wear his combat fatigue to dinner and explain this be what i wear last thanksgiving . the bickering and family argument be priceless and particularly the peanut brittle crisis and but the end be both grip and terrify . it have to be see to be appreciate . overall and one of the best movie i have ever see .