Megan Leavey
2017 · Movie · PG-13 · 116 min · ★ 7.3 · 76% critics
Megan Leavey tells the true story of a Marine who forms a powerful bond with an aggressive combat dog during deployments in Iraq. Together, they complete more than 100 missions and help save lives, until a sudden explosion puts their trust and loyalty to the test.
Also known as Leavey · Rex
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Details
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2017-06-09
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Critic score
- 76/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (852 votes)
About
Choose this if you want a heartfelt war drama centered on loyalty and a dog’s role in difficult missions, and you’ll likely enjoy similar dog-focused stories like Rescued by Ruby or Secretariat; Not for you if you want nonstop action or are indifferent to animal bonding tales.
Pros: touching human-dog bond; tense deployment moments; inspiring real-life drama | Cons: rushed development; war focus can feel brief; some character portrayals shallow
Themes
- human animal relationship
- biography
- based on true story
- iraq war veteran
- female soldier
- iraq war
- dog
- animals
- german shepherd
- u.s. marine
- purple heart
- woman director
- +5 more
Cast & crew
Kate Mara
as Megan Leavey
Ramón Rodríguez
as Matt Morales
Tom Felton
as Sergeant Andrew Dean
Bradley Whitford
as Bob
Will Patton
as Jim
Sam Keeley
as Sills
Common
as Gunny Martin
Edie Falco
as Jackie Leavey
Damson Idris
as Lt. Michael Forman
Shannon Tarbet
as Barb
Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite