Matthew Broderick is one bright spot in this mire but even his performance, due to his character's deficiencies, can't save the movie. The general premise is that during WWI in a small Texas town patriotic fervor was competing with influenza fever for the chief topic of concern. Broderick's character ("Brother") wants to join up, brother-in-law Harold makes a fine noise but really doesn't want to join, people get the flu, bleed from the nose and die. I actually stopped the DVD on this one an readied it for return to Netflix before I finished watching the movie. The accents are not even done well. I've read that this is based on a play - and on the lives of the Foote family. I am sure it is of interest to the family but this is a mess.
Review of 1918
