Thursday, June 08, 2023
Mending the Line
A Marine, John (Sinqua Walls), is wounded in Afghanistan & is sent to a V.A. facility in Montana to deal with his emotional & physical trauma. When group therapy doesn’t work for him, his physician, Dr. Burke (Patricia Heaton), suggests fly fishing with a cranky old retired war veteran, Ike (Brian Cox). John also meets Lucy (Perry Mattfeld), photographer turn librarian who sometimes reads to patients at the V.A. This is a little film with big emotions as these 3 individuals interact & help each other move forward. The film focuses the problems of our wounded warriors & traumatized individuals as well as helping these people get pass their pain & suffering. The movie title “Mending the Line” is a fly fishing term about how to cast into the current. Here it is also a metaphor about dealing with your past & moving on. This emotional & touching film also co-stars Wes Studi. You’ll see some beautiful fishing scenes.
Alien gives it 3 “catch & release” stars out of 4.
