Mending the Line is a 2022 American drama film directed by Joshua Caldwell and starring Brian Cox, Sinqua Walls, Perry Mattfeld, Patricia Heaton, and Wes Studi. The story follows Colter (Walls), a wounded Marine who returns home from Afghanistan and struggles with severe PTSD, survivor's guilt, and physical injuries, until he is sent to a V.A. facility in Montana where he befriends a Vietnam veteran (Cox) who teaches him fly fishing as a therapeutic healing process. Filmed in Montana in September 2021, the movie premiered at the Woodstock Film Festival on September 29, 2022, had a theatrical release on June 9, 2023, and achieved massive success on Netflix after arriving on March 23, 2024, where it shot to No. 1 on the US Top Ten for five days. The film earned a 77% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes and won the Valor Award at the San Diego International Film Festival, with critics praising the stunning cinematography and the moving, tough portrayal of lingering wartime trauma. Overall, it stands out as an engaging tale of an unlikely friendship and the redemptive power of nature in overcoming deep-seated pain.