Film

The Messenger

2009 · 1h 53m · Drama · Romance · War

The Scars of War Will Last Forever.

IMDb

7.1

Rotten Tomatoes

90%

Metacritic

77

Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant who has returned home from Iraq, is assigned to the Army’s Casualty Notification service. Montgomery is partnered with Captain Tony Stone, to give notice to the families of fallen soldiers. The Sergeant is drawn to Olivia Pitterson, to whom he has delivered news of her husband’s death.

Ben Foster

Will Montgomery

Woody Harrelson

Tony Stone

Jena Malone

Kelly

Eamonn Walker

Stuart Dorsett

Samantha Morton

Olivia Pitterson

Steve Buscemi

Dale Martin

Dale Soules

Cashier

Stevie Ray Dallimore

Kelly's Father

Michael Chernus

Alan

Yaya DaCosta

Monica Washington

Marceline Hugot

Mrs. Flanigan

Lindsay Michelle Nader

Claire

Gaius Charles

Recruiter Brown

Brendan Sexton III

Recruiter Olson

Peter Francis James

Dr. Grosso

Halley Feiffer

Marla Cohen

• Oren MovermanDirector · Writer
• Alessandro CamonWriter
• Lawrence IngleeProducer
• Mark GordonProducer
• Zach MillerProducer
• Bryan ZuriffExecutive Producer
• David WhealyExecutive Producer
• Benjamin GoldhirshExecutive Producer
• Bobby BukowskiDirector of Photography
• Nathan LarsonOriginal Music Composer

The Messenger - Trailer

Release date

November 13, 2009

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 53m

Rated

R

Budget

$6,500,000

Revenue

$1,595,417

Genres

Drama, Romance, War

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