A real modern epic.
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02/20/08
Braveheart (1995)
76 %
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
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 heirless king, Wallace (Mel Gibson) finds the political landscape precarious. Edward the... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Catherine McCormack, Brendan Gleeson
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As far as a good old-fashioned story of historical oppression goes, it does sweep you up and entertain.
01/01/00
Top Critic
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 Critic
So 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 Critic
A 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
In addtion to starring in the film, Gibson also directs it, and does so impressively.
03/23/03
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