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03/26/09
The Big Red One (1980)
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Reviews Counted:13
Fresh:11
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.3/10
Consensus: The reconstruction of Samuel Fuller’s epic account of his days in North Africa in World War II elevates the film into the pantheon of great war movies.
Runtime: 2 hrs 43 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Episodic retelling of the exploits of the American First Infantry Division during World War II, focusing on the squad's sergeant and four of the soldiers. They struggle to survive campaigns from... [More]
Starring: Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine, Kelly Ward
Director: Samuel Fuller
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05/20/05
Top CriticA big, impressive slab of drama -- maybe not a masterpiece or an epic, but a colorful story that sweeps you up and covers a lot of ground at a fast clip.
01/20/05
Top Critic'The Reconstruction,' which clocks in at 2 hours, 43 minutes, with not a single extraneous frame, elevates the work from a robust genre film to a full-blown epic.
01/20/05
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12/08/04
Top CriticThe director's gift for bare-knuckles lyricism rescues scene after scene.
12/03/04
Top CriticIf you don't elect to watch The Big Red One through the lens of Sam Fuller's mystique ... you'll realize that it has been celebrated in ways that essentially make virtues of its flaws.
12/02/04
Top CriticIn its own rough and still unfinished way, The Big Red One works -- as a memoir of a time, and a movie of the war.
11/15/04
Top CriticAlas, the lost version of Samuel Fuller's The Big Red One of 1980 has been found -- reassembled, actually, by the distinguished film critic Richard Schickel -- and it's a lot less than legendary. It isn't even very good.
11/12/04
Top CriticThe combination of old-time Hollywood valor and ahead-of-its-time surprises makes this restoration a big event.
11/12/04
Top CriticWhat the movie may lack in Saving Private Ryan-style gloss, it more than makes up for in authenticity, or, in other words, heart.
11/11/04
Top CriticSeven years after Fuller's death, 24 years after its initial, botched release, and almost 60 years after V-E day, The Big Red One is finally here, in a form close to what Fuller intended.
11/11/04
Top CriticYou must see this film for one unstoppable reason, and that is Lee Marvin.
11/09/04
Top CriticThe Big Red One isn't even Fuller's greatest war film. Of those, I'd rank it fourth -- but that's not half bad.
11/09/04
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10/23/04
Top CriticAs the longest and biggest of Fuller's movies, it magnifies the essence -- good and bad -- of his work.
10/06/04
Top CriticNo review available.
05/20/03
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