Gods and Generals (2003)
Gods and Generals (2003)
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Critic Consensus: Filled with two-dimensional characters and pompous self-righteousness, Gods and Generals is a long, tedious sit. Some may also take offense at the pro-Confederate slant.
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Cast
as Lt. Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
as Gen. Thomas `Stonewall' Jackson
as Gen. Robert E. Lee
as Fanny Chamberlain
as Sgt. Buster Kilrain
as Sgt. Thomas Chamberlain
as Jim Lewis
as Gen. John Bell Hood
as Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
as Anna Morrison Jackson
as Jane Beale
as Gen. James Longstreet
as Alexander `Sandie' Pendleton
as Gen. George Pickett
as Capt. James Power Smith
as Gen. A.P. Hill
as Confederate General
as Major Walter Taylor
as Martha
as Adjutant
as Confederate Officer
as James J. White
as General James Kemper
as 20th Maine Officer
as General Joseph Hooker
as Reverend Beverly Tucker Lacy
as Col. Tazewell Patton
as Old Penn
as General Bernard Bee
as Dr. George Junkin
as John Wilkes Booth
as Lt. Joseph Morrison
as Cadet Charlie Norris
as General Marsena Patrick
as George Jenkins
as Poague
as John Beale
as Dooley
as Major Gilmore
as Mary Lincoln
as Col. J.E.B. Stuart
as General John Curtis Caldwell
as Confederate General
as Bowdoin Student
as Charles Beale
as Sam Beale
as John Janney
as Longstreet's Courier
as Captain Ricketts
as Griffin's Aide
as Lucy Beale
as Martha's Older Son
as Lt. Joseph Morrison
as Virginia Delegate
as Private Pogue
as General Robert Rodes
as Roberta Corbin
as Colonel Cummings
as Private Dooley
as A Lieutenant
as Griffin's Aide
as Julian Beale
as General Ambrose E. Burnside
as Jane Corbin
as General William Barksdale
as Harry McCarthy
as Jackson's Courier
as Another Looter
as Colonel Adelbert Ames
as Johann Heros Von Borcke
as Second Irishman
as Major John Harman
as Irish Brigade Officer
as Old Man in Fredericksburg
as Captain Ellis Spear
as Francis P. Blair
as Maj. John Harman
as A Captain
as Young Corporal
as Hattie
as Martha's Younger Son
as Wounded Main Man
as General Darius Nash Couch
as Lt. Col. Clair Mulholland
as Dr. Hunter Holmes McGuire
as Surgeon in Fredericksburg
as Martha's Daughter
as General Lewis Armistead
as Wounded Maine Soldier
as First Irishman
as Looter No. 3
as 20th Maine Officer
as Private McMillan
as Colston's Officer
as Gen. Isaac Trimble
as Catherine Corbin
as Lottie Estelle
as Lieutenant Boswell
as Reverend David S. Jenkins
as Federal Soldier
as General Edward Porter Alexander
as Federal Soldier
as General Maxcy Gregg
as Young Wellford
as Colonel Tazewell Patton
as A Looter
as Private McClintock
as General Raleigh Colston
Critic Reviews for Gods and Generals
All Critics (121) | Top Critics (32) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (111) | DVD (7)
Maxwell continues his textbook emphasis on military maneuvers, but despite literally thousands of Civil War reenactors recruited for the film, the wide-screen canvas fails to map the tactics or evoke the terror of battle.
The procession of monotonous, oddly gore-free battles breaks frequently for bloated speechifying.
Four hours including the intermission, I felt like I was seeing the Civil War in real time for awhile there.
It was made strictly by and for Civil War buffs who insist that every pious speech and every skirmish is worthy of filming, even if the end result suffers from serious battle fatigue.
A movie that crams in so many faces, chronological details and endlessly ham-handed stretches of dialogue that the impact of the legitimately moving segments is considerably diminished.
It's a plodding, episodic film, reverent and sanctimonious, and its pro-Southern viewpoint -- a time-honored Hollywood tendency -- makes Gone With the Wind look like a Northern polemic.
Audience Reviews for Gods and Generals
I sat throw the long nearly 6 hour cut of the film drinking Tea and by the end i only asked "WERE THE FUCK DID MY DAY GO?". Gods and Generals is a dry hollow epic thats boring and has woodern acting and camerea work thats nothing short of standered. Some nice music but thats it this movie is crap lol
Super Reviewer
A great Civil War Flim, The scenes are as realistic as its going to get, will teach you much about the civil war that wasn't in those high school books? Do they even teach about the civil war anymore, or is it not politacl correct?
Super Reviewer
I do have a problem with this one. IT SUCKS. One of the most boring films in the history of bad boring films.
Super Reviewer
Gods and Generals Quotes
| Gen. Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson: | Tell me general, do you expect to live till the end of this war? |
| Brig. Gen. John Bell Hood: | Oh... I do not know, but... I'm inclined to think I will. I expect I will be wounded. And you general? |
| Gen. Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson: | I do not expect to live to see the end of this war. Nor can I say that without victory I would desire to do so. |
| Gen. Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson: | Tell me general, do you expect to live till the end of this war? |
| Brig. Gen. John Bell Hood: | Oh... I do not know, but... I'm inclined to think I will. I expect I will be wounded. And you general? |
| Gen. Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson: | I do not expect to live to see the end of this war. Nor can I say that without victory I would desire to do so. |
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