not be a movie aficionado and i be not familiar with the name of lead director and scriptwriter and producer and the like and but i can tell an outstanding movie when i see one . the maker of this fine movie could well be now at the top of their field and or may well get there pretty soon . i know that the actor be already there . it take talent closer to genius to show with such realism how a national tragedy like vietnam have impact the everyday life of a typically average american family and and make u see at close range why there be so many homeless vietnam veteran . without get into gratuitous scene of gore and bloodshed and it make u understand why so many youg men have flashback of what they have be thru . the dialog be particularly gripping and and give u an idea of what go on in so many family in the aftermath of vietnam . i wish there be more good movie like this one and not just about vietnam and but about other social condition a well .