Mending the Line

Mending the Line

For some, the path starts on the river.

Directed by Joshua Caldwell

Produced by ArtImage Entertainment, CKM Entertainment

2023117 min6.6 / 10

A gentle, meditative healing story about two wounded veterans finding redemption and connection through fly fishing in Montana's natural landscape.

A Marine wounded in Afghanistan returns to a VA hospital in Montana where he meets a Vietnam vet who teaches him fly fishing as a means to coming to terms with his physical and emotional trauma.

Questions people ask

  • Is Mending the Line sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is Mending the Line easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 82% of films.

  • Does Mending the Line end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

  • Is Mending the Line scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Is Mending the Line violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

37/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

You have seen this shape before.

Rarity58

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise13

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love50

How much audiences actually like it

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Like Mending the Line

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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