Masculinity and patriotism lead a family into war in a sensitively made, yet at times meandering, film made over a decade
There’s a long journey to take in sprawling new
Netflix documentary Father Soldier Son, a film that follows an
American family for almost a decade through the unremarkable minutiae of daily life to the crushing tragedies that invade it. It’s about the
MILITARY, patriotism and war, but it’s mostly about masculinity, and the dangers that come along with it, the overwhelming societal and familial pressures that force “men to be men” and how far into dangerous territory that can take us.
Related: Stateless review – harrowing, hypnotic refugee drama