{"id":186987,"date":"2023-06-09T07:56:03","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T11:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=186987"},"modified":"2023-06-10T14:15:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-10T18:15:50","slug":"review-mending-the-line-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=186987","title":{"rendered":"Review: <i>Mending the Line<\/i> (2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/MV5BZmJlM2Y3NDEtYzRlNy00ZGU1LWJkODAtZDAyYjMzMWNmMTA3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjMyNDUzNTY@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_-e1686311629108.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"744\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-186988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/MV5BZmJlM2Y3NDEtYzRlNy00ZGU1LWJkODAtZDAyYjMzMWNmMTA3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjMyNDUzNTY@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_-e1686311629108.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/MV5BZmJlM2Y3NDEtYzRlNy00ZGU1LWJkODAtZDAyYjMzMWNmMTA3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjMyNDUzNTY@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_-e1686311629108-134x200.jpg 134w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/MV5BZmJlM2Y3NDEtYzRlNy00ZGU1LWJkODAtZDAyYjMzMWNmMTA3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjMyNDUzNTY@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_-e1686311629108-269x400.jpg 269w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/MV5BZmJlM2Y3NDEtYzRlNy00ZGU1LWJkODAtZDAyYjMzMWNmMTA3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjMyNDUzNTY@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_-e1686311629108-67x100.jpg 67w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nFly fishing as metaphor for life is well-trod ground, but <i>Mending the Line<\/i> homes in specifically on veterans and PTSD, and fly fishing as effective therapy. Brian Cox, Wes Studi, gorgeous scenery. The film has some flaws, but I approve of its message and the purity of its intentions. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/mending-the-line-movie-review-2023\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I reviewed for Ebert<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<small><em>Thank you so much for stopping by. If you like what I do, and if you feel inclined to support my work, here&#8217;s a link to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.venmo.com\/u\/Sheila-OMalley-3\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">my Venmo account<\/a>. And I&#8217;ve launched a Substack, <a href=\"https:\/\/sheilaomalley.substack.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sheila Variations 2.0<\/a>, if you&#8217;d like to subscribe.<\/em> <\/small><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/sheilaomalley.substack.com\/embed\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" style=\"border:1px solid #EEE; background:white;\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fly fishing as metaphor for life is well-trod ground, but Mending the Line homes in specifically on veterans and PTSD, and fly fishing as effective therapy. Brian Cox, Wes Studi, gorgeous scenery. The film has some flaws, but I approve &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=186987\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[2546,2668,141],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186987"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=186987"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":187043,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186987\/revisions\/187043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=186987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=186987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=186987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}