Ben Foster (3:10 TO YUMA), in his most powerful performance to date, stars as Will Montgomery, a battle-scarredStaff Sergeant home from Iraq and newly assigned to the Army's Casualty Notification service. Ordered to bear the bad news to families of fallen soldiers, he is partnered with hard-line officer Captain Tony Stone (two-time Academy Award? nominee Woody Harrelson). Against protocol, Will is eventually drawn to Olivia (two-time Academy Award? nominee Samantha Morton), a recently fallen solder's wife who has just been notified. One of the year's most critically acclaimed films, featuring tour-de-force performances from Foster, Harrelson, and Morton, THE MESSENGER is a surprising, moving and ultimately human portrait of friendship, grief, and love.
