When his brother goes to participate in the second World War, Homer, a young courageous teenager, who dreams of becoming the town's fastest telegraph messenger.
Dsjointed, dreary and oddly structured. Seemingly pointless scenes drag. The characters feel like cardboard cutouts, and the story is so deliberately paced as to feel tedious.
While Ryan takes great pains to recapture the idealistic tone of WWII America, inexperience behind the camera and a muddled, simplistic screenplay are constant hurdles.
