The film lays bare the roots of Patton's lust for power in his willingess to sacrifice everything to his vaunting ego, a trait which is mirrored in George C Scott's superb performance.
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06/24/06
Patton (1970)
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Reviews Counted:36
Fresh:35
Rotten:1
Average Rating:8.2/10
Consensus: George C. Scott's sympathetic, unflinching portrayal of the titular general in this sprawling epic is as definitive as any performance in the history of American biopics.
Runtime: 5 hrs 36 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: PATTON is a three-dimensional bronze bust of World War II field general George S. Patton (George C. Scott) who wrote poetry, fired pistols at strafing fighter planes, and loved America with a lofty... [More]
Starring: George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Stephen Young, Michael Strong
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Reviews for Patton
Top CriticAn absorbing, polished character study powered by an epic performance.
02/19/08
Top CriticScott is simply awesome as the one-of-a-kind General George Patton.
02/19/08
Top CriticFeatures one of the most effective openings in the history of cinema.
01/29/04
Remains to this day one of Hollywood's most compelling biographical war pictures.
01/01/00
George Patton was born (at least once) for these big-screen dimensions. By the end of the movie you may hate the half-crazed son of a b!tch, but you can't not admire him.
06/11/06
intense, brazen, passionate
05/14/09
A bio-epic on the order of Lawrence of Arabia, Patton is a smart, even-handed, fully realized historical film. [Blu-Ray]
06/02/08
It's both fascinating and appalling the sort of extravagant technically superior spectacle that only a big Hollywood movie company could afford to make, and the story of a man about whom only the Establishment could become genuinely sentimental.
05/20/03
Top CriticAdds to the understanding of a complex and controversial man and a military genius.
12/05/01
Patton (1970) is the epic film biography of the controversial, multi-dimensional World War II general George S. Patton.
01/01/00
Scott's theatricality is electrifying.
03/24/02
Top CriticScott appears not to act, but to fully inhabit his role, from his profanity spewing down to the swagger of his walk.
07/10/07
A spectacular and unvarnished look at a man who thrives in war while also sowing the seeds of his own downfall.
01/01/00
Nixon's favorite movie, which proves he was blind to ambiguity as well as a few other things.
12/13/06
As written by Coppola and directed by Shaffner, Patton bears an ambiguous message, attempting to please both right-wing and left-wing viewers, letting each type of audience see the character, splendidly played by Scott, in its own way.
07/25/06
George C. Scott is terrific as General George S. Patton in this blend of intersting biopic and bland war film.
12/02/06
an intimate character portrait of a most enigmatic general
02/13/01
As deeply entertaining and fascinating as it is introspective and brilliant.
01/01/00
It's Scott's virtuoso performance that carries the film.
03/07/08
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