If you prefer your movies to be more than just one man's ego trip, it's an impediment to fully enjoying what is otherwise an awesome-looking and powerful bloody epic.
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07/24/01
Braveheart (1995)
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Reviews Counted:46
Fresh:35
Rotten:11
Average Rating:7/10
Consensus: Simplistic Braveheart makes for a spirited, entertaining epic.
Runtime: 2 hrs 57 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Mel Gibson directs and stars in this Academy Award-winning epic based on the life of legendary thirteenth century Scottish hero William Wallace. Returning to his homeland following the death of an... [More]
Starring: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Catherine McCormack
Director: Mel Gibson
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Reviews for Braveheart
Though the film dawdles a bit with the shimmery, dappled love stuff involving Wallace with a Scottish peasant and a French princess, the action will pin you to your seat.
05/12/01
Top CriticA violent, utterly passionate epic.
02/27/01
As a filmmaker, [Gibson] lacks the epic gift, but the movie, scripted by Randall (no relation) Wallace, works on a fairly basic level as a hiss-the-English medieval Western.
02/13/01
Top CriticAs far as a good old-fashioned story of historical oppression goes, it does sweep you up and entertain.
01/01/00
Mel Gibson's Braveheart is probably not good history, and it's no documentary -- but it sure makes great Hollywood cinema.
01/01/00
One of the most spectacular entertainments in years.
01/01/00
With a bit of restraint Gibson might have had a great movie here instead of merely a pretty good one.
01/01/00
A vastly entertaining and powerful film.
01/01/00
A rambling disappointment.
01/01/00
Top Critic[Gibson] has created a completely adequate modern facsimile of the classic romantic epic.
01/01/00
Top CriticWith its clashing armies, heartstopping action, and grand sense of romance, this is the sort of film it's a pleasure to see and review.
01/01/00
Top CriticI continue to enjoy watching and re-watching it, and share much of Mel Gibson’s enthusiasm for his project.
01/01/00
Gibson manages to keep his epic afloat by solidly grounding Wallace in the viewer's heart and mind.
01/01/00
A grand cinematic adventure.
01/01/00
Excellent battle scenes complement this historical epic about one man's quest to free his people.
01/01/00
[The film is] well-intentioned and ambitious, but is disappointingly flawed.
01/01/00
Braveheart is history the way it should be told, full of sex and treachery and battle and passion and Mel Gibson in a kilt.
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