The Patriot Reviews

has its moments

Full Review | Original Score: C-

Many graphic battle scenes, not for all teens.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

While his hero is conscience-stricken about killing, Emmerich sure enjoys serving it up in generous helpings.

| Original Score: C

A big-budget epic of the American Revolution, with Mel Gibson, of all people, leading the charge.

Full Review | Original Score: B

Bloody, overlong and straining for significance ...

Full Review | Original Score: C+

Often melodramatic and manipulative but it is solid, involving filmmaking so one willingly takes the ride it offers.

| Original Score: 4/5

It's the plot that's hackneyed.

| Original Score: 2/5

The Patriot is best when it focuses on Gibson. Unfortunately, half the time it focuses on Ledger.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

It's the best film ever made about the Revolutionary War.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

The main irony, of course, lies in the film's title, which suggests that the absurdly flag-waving activist should be taken at face value despite the ample evidence that defending his country is the last thing on his mind.

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It's a spectacular, well-made epic that I just could not enjoy -- at least not after the first hour.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

It's near sadistic how the film has him going though so much tragedy and self-questioning, but Gibson delivers emotionally.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

Emmerich's battle scenes may look authentic to anyone who has ever stared hard at a history book, but in every other way the film is long, empty and bogus.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

By the time Martin begins waving around a gigantic American flag to rally his supporters for one last clash, the film has become so mechanical and jingoistic you might just as well be watching "Declaration of Independence Day."

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La película está muy bien realizada, pero, por desgracia está realizada al más puro estilo Hollywood.

| Original Score: 8/10

O filme apresenta claros indícios de que Roland Emmerich está amadurecendo.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

Its convictions may be half-baked, but it has the courage of them.

Full Review | Original Score: B-

A stunning-looking, undeniably compelling but empty-headed shoot 'em up.

Full Review | Original Score: B

Make no mistake about it: The Patriot is a cartoon, even if it does have real people playing the parts.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

...an honest depiction of warfare that focuses on characters and symbols.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10