I know it was mentioned around these parts few times before it first aired, but Taking Chance (you can watch the trailer here) has been on HBO for a while now and my wife I recently watched it.

I cannot for the life of me think of another piece of popular entertainment that I would recommend every American watch, let alone recommend it so enthusiastically. It’s a remarkably humble little film, and I think the humility is precisely what makes it so powerful. There’s not a single battlefield scene, but the film probably does more to drive home the sacrifices the American military makes — both big and small — than just about anything I can think of.

If you have HBO and digital cable, last I checked it was available through HBO’s on demand service to watch at anytime. If you don’t have HBO, Amazon has the DVD available for pre-order. It comes out May 12.

But go see it. You won’t be sorry.