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Rated: PG-13; Genre: Drama; With: Kevin Costner and Elijah Wood
C+

THE WAR (PG-13) The title of this lesson-heavy, Forrest Gumpish parable, set in 1970 in the rural South, refers to the Vietnam war and its impact on home- again veteran Stephen Simmons (Kevin Costner). But it also alludes to something homegrown: a fierce battle pitting Simmons kids Lidia (Lexi Randall) and Stu (Elijah Wood) and their allies against a family of mean, impoverished local children for possession of a prized tree house. Costner is nicely weighted-both in manner and in midriff-in a plot thick with sentimentality. But it's Elijah Wood who stands out, steering a course away from easy tears. C+ ( 247, Nov. 4) -LS


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