Columbia Pictures
Directed by John Hancock
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Sony Movie Channel)
Norman Rockwell paintings come to life when a rejected Marine recruit assumes the identity of a Marine hero in a small town. He doesn't do it for selfish reasons, mainly I think out of shame from failing as a recruit. He calms some worried town folk by telling them the war is going fine, even telling one mother he met her son in a chow line. He falls in love with local beauty Glynnis O'Connor, eventually the only one he tells the truth to about his identity. A subplot involves interned Japanese-Americans in a nearby government facility. The clever set up had the potential to make some insightful statements on wartime America, but seemed more interested in the innocent romance between the leads. It's not bad, just a little too easy-going for the material.
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