Patriot’s Day was most likely the film that I enjoyed watching the most this semester. It was powerful, engaging, and left me keeping back tears at the end. The Boston marathon bombing was an event that was heard nationwide, and one that has continued to come up in conversations in the present day. The film itself shows why this is so. Throughout the movie, the stories of each of the character’s are shown so that you can connect to or simply see their backgrounds. This continues to the very end of the film, when the real-life accounts of the characters are added in and they are able to speak about their experiences. The film never forgets the victims of the attack and is able to incorporate their stories into the narrative.

I believe that the film especially shows the unity of the Boston community. The accounts of the different victims elaborates this idea, as they use their own experiences after the bombing. I found this idea of community and support incredibly impactful, since it is woven into the movie itself and explicitly brought up once the actual film is over. The film also brought up other attacks on big cities and how these communities rallied within themselves to heal.