One of the greatest character portrayals ever put on screen, George C. Scott shows "Patton" as a gruff, tough, but caring and vulnerable military hero.
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06/02/03
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
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 CriticNo review available.
11/27/02
Well done, but I can't get around a sense of glorifying war
10/16/02
Not a great movie so much as a great performance, with the semblence of a movie to justity it.
10/03/02
No review available.
08/02/02
Scott strikes an unforgettable figure.
07/02/02
Scott's theatricality is electrifying.
03/24/02
Top CriticAdds to the understanding of a complex and controversial man and a military genius.
12/05/01
It holds up well as both historical record and fine entertainment.
03/27/01
Top Critican intimate character portrait of a most enigmatic general
02/13/01
Remains to this day one of Hollywood's most compelling biographical war pictures.
01/01/00
A spectacular and unvarnished look at a man who thrives in war while also sowing the seeds of his own downfall.
01/01/00
As deeply entertaining and fascinating as it is introspective and brilliant.
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Patton (1970) is the epic film biography of the controversial, multi-dimensional World War II general George S. Patton.
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