A real modern epic.
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02/20/08
Braveheart (1995)
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Reviews Counted:46
Fresh:35
Rotten:11
Average Rating:7/10
Consensus: Simplistic Braveheart makes for a spirited, entertaining epic.
Runtime: 2 hrs 57 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Mel Gibson directs and stars in this Academy Award-winning epic based on the life of legendary thirteenth century Scottish hero William Wallace. Returning to his homeland following the death of an... [More]
Starring: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Catherine McCormack
Director: Mel Gibson
Reviews for Braveheart
Top CriticPure hokum.
02/09/06
Top CriticAs far as a good old-fashioned story of historical oppression goes, it does sweep you up and entertain.
01/01/00
Top CriticA vanity project if ever there was one.
03/01/08
Braveheart looks like a true epic -- even if it is both bloody and bloody long.
01/28/08
A huge, bloody and sprawling epic, Braveheart is the sort of massive vanity piece that would be easy to disparage if it didn't essentially deliver.
01/28/08
Top CriticSo inspiring is his message that my own girlfriend channeled it, in the warning I received prior to my reviewing the film: You'd better love it, or I'll disembowel you.
01/04/08
With a sweeping look, lots of emotion, a classic hero, occasionally corny dialogue and forced romances, Braveheart is a flawed classic.
12/25/07
At the heart of Mel Gibson's tumultuously entertaining epic is the almost-quaint notion that movie heroics should mean something more than a play for the much-coveted 18-25 box office demographic.
02/10/07
A massive, sweaty, frequently silly epic that nevertheless delivers enough brute pleasure to pass a rainy afternoon.
02/05/07
Top CriticA great big splendorific Hollywood epic that's not exactly original or cliche-free, but fairly satisfying.
05/26/06
One of the weakest historical epics to ever win Best Picture, Mel Gibson's bloody thirteenth-centure saga was only a moderate success in the U.S., though performed better internationally.
12/24/05
Gibson hews to a style that is visually elaborate without ever being visually complicated, scraping away the traces of any irony or dimension from every shot, every scene.
03/27/04
While the violence is raw, so are the emotions.
01/11/04
No review available.
05/20/03
In addtion to starring in the film, Gibson also directs it, and does so impressively.
03/23/03
A superior film and there is a lot to love about it.
09/10/02
Depicts the adventures of legendary 13th century freedom fighter.
08/27/02
For pure, blood-soaked "guy flick" grandeur, few movies can touch this one.
07/26/02
No review available.
01/18/02
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