Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016)

The film adapts the novel 'Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk.' The character Albert, a white publicist in the novel, is portrayed by a Black actor. Additionally, Denise Lora, a Latina cheerleader in the novel, is played by a white actress. These instances constitute race swaps from the source material.

The film critiques the superficial and commercialized public displays of Christian-infused patriotism, particularly concerning the Iraq War. It portrays the use of religious rhetoric as often hollow and performative, lacking genuine depth or empathy for the soldiers' experiences, without offering a significant counterbalancing positive portrayal.