Coppola's magnum opus remains one of the singular reasons filmmaking was invented.

It is also the perfect device for so many universal stories, mythic and true. The journey is everyman’s road to self-discovery.

...one of the most amazing pieces of celluloid ever produced, capturing not only the ugliness and ridiculousness of Vietnam, but exposing the dark heart of man as well.

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It is also occasionally flaccid, incomprehensible and obtuse. Yet, it manages to overcome these flaws to stand as a fascinating study of the nature of evil in man.

Apocalypse Now has a philosophical underpinning that sets it apart from other recent cinematic evaluations of the American involvement in Vietnam.

...Coppola's sprawling, harrowing war story is not to be missed.

Coppola has made a major mistake by this re-edit.

No film has depicted the fiasco in Southeast Asia in more mythic form than Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now.

I remember leaving the theater feeling shocked, bewildered, confused and, though I was amazed and thrilled by the action, the ending somehow left me unsettled.