The power of this film cannot be denied, and once seen, it is not easily forgotten.
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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 CriticApocalypse Now is as good as ever.
12/30/06
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
...it's wonderful to see this hallucinatory folly-cum-near masterpiece again on the big screen.
02/09/06
Top CriticA fascinating study of the nature of evil in man.
01/15/02
A paradox of beauty and horror.
06/13/02
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
His film is timeless because although the setting may change, the wars and the plight of soldiers will remain the same.
08/18/06
196 minutes of some of the finest filmmaking.
01/15/02
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03/24/02
Top CriticThere are worse ways to make movies, but there are a lot of better ones too.
09/11/01
The film has one of the most haunting endings in cinema, a poetic evocation of what Kurtz has discovered, and what we hope not to discover for ourselves.
01/01/00
Top CriticApocalypse Now is one of the great American movies of all time and perhaps the single best war film ever made.
10/15/02
...the movie still has the power to floor you with its stunning sounds and imagery.
01/17/02
Top CriticA loony, foolhardy, giant-sized masterpiece.
09/11/01
Contrasts aside, it ranks as one of the most moving of its genre.
01/17/02
The score is wonderous, the production design solid and never overdone, and the cinematography is just wow....when it comes to a movie about war this is a real masterpiece.
11/24/01
...part satiric exaggeration, part psychological exploration, part surrealistic horror story.
04/07/01
There is greatness in Apocalypse Now, but there is also madness, and they feed off each other.
07/13/09
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