The Trench (1999)
Release Date: Sep 17, 1999 Wide
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In 1916, the British Army suffered their bloodiest and most severe defeat ever in the Battle of the Somme; The Trench focuses on the awful prelude to the battle as seen through the eyes of a group of inexperienced soldiers. Billy Macfarlane (Paul Nicholls) is a 17-year-old boy who joined the Army to fight alongside his older brother Eddie (Tam Williams), whom he worships. As the members of their platoon wait for fighting to commence, Eddie climbs up on a hill to see what the German forces are up
Sep 17, 1999 Wide
Mar 18, 2003
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Cast
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Paul Nicholls
Billy Macfarlane -
Daniel Craig
Telford Winter -
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Ellis Harrte -
Danny Dyer
Victor Dell -
James D'Arcy
Colin Daventry -
Ciaran McMenamin
Charlie Ambrose -
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Tam Williams
Eddie -
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All Critics (11) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (2)
atmospheric and uneven
Loaded with soggy, overused war movie cliches.
Audience Reviews for The Trench
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A fine ensemble of actors is gathered here and under the whizzing flairs and constant distant booming of artillery they do some wonderful work on screen. And again Mr. Daniel Craig brings something wonderful to the table as a hardened Sergeant who knows that he must keep his boys busy to keep them sane. It is a pleasure to watch him particularly in the "Jam" scene. The range of emotion he shows at the beginning of the scene when the boys can't see him as he eats from a jar of homemade jam sent by his wife is stunning and real, near tears he shoves the jam in his mouth as if to stuff down his impossible sorrow. Watch as this brilliant actor moves on to offer some jam to his superior officer. This is brilliant work by an actor who even in 1999 and early on in his career had a grasp of what it is to be a multi faceted human being and the talent to project that onto the screen. Daniel Craig is one of the best there is in world cinema.
The film is well worth seeing for these reasons and many more. At times very graphic and violent and still deeply touching and sad beyond the deepest wounds of war and the human heart.
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Foreign Titles
- La Tranchée (FR)
