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TheCelebrityCafe.com review
"Brats: Our Journey Home"
Auriette Lindsey, TheCelebrityCafe.com
Reviewers Rating: 8.5, Reader's Rating: 9.5
December 24, 2006
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The most common use of the term “brat” is for an obnoxious or ill-mannered child. It’s also used –
with none of that other meaning in play – for children born into military families. My dad was
career Navy; I’m a Navy brat, so I was really interested in seeing this documentary.
The main thing all brats have in common is moving -- from city to city, to other countries – every
two or three years. Brats: Our Journey Home talks with people who grew up in military families,
delving into what that constant relocating does to your sense of home and who you are, not just
in childhood, but throughout your life. The brats that filmmaker Donna Musil talked with, also shared
the restrictiveness of living on a military base, where a wrong move on the child’s part could hurt
the parent’s career.
Musil – a brat herself – talked with hundreds of military children, of all ages, looking for
commonalities, and she found incredibly compelling stories to which all brats can relate. Non-brats
will come away with an understanding that military families make almost as many sacrifices as the
service members themselves.
Home movies, archival films, and family photos give the audience a real glimpse into military life
over several decades, through peace and war, set against a backdrop of songs provided by Air Force
brat, Kris Kristofferson.
Brats: Our Journey Home is a must-see for brats and their friends and loved ones who want to
understand why they see the world from a whole different perspective.
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