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10/29/08
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
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Reviews Counted: 85
Fresh: 80
Rotten:5
Average Rating: 8.4/10
Consensus: Anchored by another winning performance from Hanks, Spielberg's unflinchingly realistic war film virtually redefines the genre.
Runtime: 2 hrs 49 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Director Steven Spielberg's World War II tour de force chronicles the journey of a GI squad on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines. Led by Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks), the unit is under orders to track down a soldier, Private Ryan... [More]
Starring: Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Jeremy Davies, Edward Burns
Director: Steven Spielberg
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09/09/08
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It's forty minutes of steely violence and two hours of cliche-ridden flab.
08/18/07
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06/24/06
The opening 30 minutes are so devastating that much of what follows ends up feeling anticlimactic. Good, but overrated.
03/04/06
The movie epitomizes the paradox of all great filmmaking: It's a thrillingly violent war drama about an unbearably painful subject.
12/11/05
Neither wholly condemning war, nor spouting patriotism, Spielberg shows us the price we pay.
12/06/05
Saving Private Ryan is a first-class war movie with some absolutely brilliant, gut-wrenching moments, especially the beginning minutes.
04/09/05
If you enjoy war movies then you'll find this a 5/5 flick; I don't, so go figure.
04/02/05
It's Spielberg at his best, although the movie doesn't match the primal thrills of Jaws or the overwhelming excellence of Schindler's List.
06/28/04
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01/24/04
The first half hour alone forever redefines the war movie genre. Ryan has just one minor flaw: the plot is completely contrived. And if you can characterize a weak story as just a minor flaw... well, that's some damn fine filmmaking.
08/11/03
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05/22/03
The platoon is an unlikely combination of heroes, cowards and crusaders.
05/14/03
One of the best war films ever made. You don't just see it, you live through it. You survive it and after it, you feel like you know just a little bit what it is like to be in a war.
03/23/03
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