Serving in Silence: The Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer (1995)

Serving in Silence

True story line, faithful reproduction of existing situation. Brilliant casting & acting, will watch again soon. December 7, 2007

Una inspiración

Ver esta película causa una inspiración en cada ser humano...por hacer valer derechos sobre la intolerancia y la marginación...No se puede uno quedar atrás, hay que dar el paso y defenser lo que tanto se ama. October 19, 2007

Grethe's Story

Thought the film was excellent. Judy Davis and Glenn Close were excellent. I have the good fortune to know Grethe and her partner Diane. Glenn Close really captured her. There were times when I saw her from behind that I thought it really was Grethe. I think the script could have been better written which is why I only gave it 4 stars. The ending in particular was anticlimatic, ended with a whimper not a bang. Worth seeing. Her story is admirable and very courageous. February 8, 2007

An amazing depiction

This movie contains an incredible cast, with an INCREDIBLE story. Margarethe Cammermeyer, Colonel in the United States Army discloses during a security clearence upgrade that she is a lesbian. Her poignent take on her identiy, "I connect emotionally to women" and her self-examination during her security interview has to be one of the most honest portrayls of lesbian identity.

In the end, you will cry and be outraged. But you will be proud and applauding at the end. Also, Glenn Close isn't bad to look at either! October 11, 2006

M. Cammermeyer

I was lucky enough to have received a tape of this when it aired in the mid-1990s. However, I am glad that many others will now get to see it. The film does not stray for from the book, something I also recommend.

Within the gay community, there are concerns that the young, men, the happily out, etc. get center stage in media representations at the expense of others. This work speaks to rarely mentioned audiences: women, an older person, a closeted person in the military, and a person who had a heterosexual past. Personally, I thought Glenn Close fit this role much better than she did the vampy personas in "Fatal Attraction" or "Les Liaisons Dangereuses."

Too many people think that "gays" are constantly "pushing their agenda." Here, we see that Cammermeyer came out only in order to be honest in an interview. She had no intentions of becoming a spokesperson or an activist. Her future daughter-in-law says something like, "I plan on being nice to you despite your sin." I love that Cammermeyer challenged that half-buttockedness and said, "I raised my kids, paid my taxes, and obeyed the law like everyone else. This 'agreeing to disagree' won't cut it."

Because this was a made-for-TV movie, the places where commercials should be inserted will be obvious and may annoy some DVD viewers. Still, this documents an issue that was big in the 1990s after AIDS was diagnosed in the 1980s and before Massachusetts allowed gay marriage in the 2000s. I encourage many to view this. September 9, 2006

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