Apocalypse Now is as good as ever.
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12/30/06
Apocalypse Now (1979)
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Reviews Counted:60
Fresh:59
Rotten:1
Average Rating:8.7/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 35 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam epic, loosely based on HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad, tells the story of Captain Willard (Martin Sheen), a special agent sent into Cambodia to assassinate an... [More]
Starring: Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Reviews for Apocalypse Now
Top CriticThe movie Francis Ford Coppola never recovered from, and the last word in Ci-Nam-a.
05/13/08
Top CriticThe power of this film cannot be denied, and once seen, it is not easily forgotten.
01/01/00
Top Critic...it's wonderful to see this hallucinatory folly-cum-near masterpiece again on the big screen.
02/09/06
Top CriticCoppola's direction is impeccable, capturing both the intimate detail, overarching spectacle and layered depth of meaning, often all in one shot.
12/10/01
There are worse ways to make movies, but there are a lot of better ones too.
09/11/01
Alternately a brilliant and bizarre film, Francis Coppola's four year 'work in progress' offers the definitive validation to the old saw, 'war is hell.'
07/02/07
Top CriticBy any standard, Apocalypse Now is a masterpiece, a towering achievement of sight and sound.
01/17/02
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03/24/02
Top CriticI remember leaving the theater feeling shocked, bewildered, confused and, though I was amazed and thrilled by the action, the ending somehow left me unsettled.
12/06/05
Top CriticWhat the excitement was about was the unspoken belief that this film would put a cap on the most exciting decade in American film, that it would sum up everything that had come before and influence everything that came after...
01/17/02
One of cinema's finest hours...Brando, in his limited screen time, makes an everlasting impression.
10/28/05
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08/07/08
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.
12/08/02
A real must-see and one hell of a ride.
01/01/00
An amazing, singular film experience.
02/04/02
A fascinating study of the nature of evil in man.
01/15/02
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.
03/16/04
Apocalypse Now is a frenzied, free-based ode to the grieving soldier and his need-to-numb.
08/21/01
Apocalypse Now is a mixed bag, a product of excess and ambition, hatched in agony and redeemed by shards of brilliance.
01/17/02
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