Review of Born on the Fourth of July

Nobody makes anti war movies quite like Oliver Stone. Even though I think Platoon is better overall I don't think this one is talked about nearly enough. I think it does a brilliant job showing how the people in the United States tore each other apart as a reaction to the Vietnam War. The story of a young pro war soldier to an anti war veteran is very powerful and Tom Cruise gives arguably the best performance of his career. And John Williams obviously over delivered with the musical score. My only issue is that the actors for the parents were doing a lot of overacting towards the beginning of the movie.