A great big splendorific Hollywood epic that's not exactly original or cliche-free, but fairly satisfying.
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05/26/06
Braveheart (1995)
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Reviews Counted:46
Fresh:35
Rotten:11
Average Rating:7/10
Consensus: Simplistic Braveheart makes for a spirited, entertaining epic.
Runtime: 2 hrs 57 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: Mel Gibson directs and stars in this Academy Award-winning epic based on the life of legendary thirteenth century Scottish hero William Wallace. Returning to his homeland following the death of an... [More]
Starring: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Catherine McCormack
Director: Mel Gibson
Reviews for Braveheart
Pure hokum.
02/09/06
Larger than life.
10/15/01
As far as a good old-fashioned story of historical oppression goes, it does sweep you up and entertain.
01/01/00
With its clashing armies, heartstopping action, and grand sense of romance, this is the sort of film it's a pleasure to see and review.
01/01/00
A grand cinematic adventure.
01/01/00
Depicts the adventures of legendary 13th century freedom fighter.
08/27/02
With a sweeping look, lots of emotion, a classic hero, occasionally corny dialogue and forced romances, Braveheart is a flawed classic.
12/25/07
Gibson hews to a style that is visually elaborate without ever being visually complicated, scraping away the traces of any irony or dimension from every shot, every scene.
03/27/04
While the violence is raw, so are the emotions.
01/11/04
An action epic with the spirit of the Hollywood swordplay classics and the grungy ferocity of The Road Warrior.
01/01/00
Top CriticAt the heart of Mel Gibson's tumultuously entertaining epic is the almost-quaint notion that movie heroics should mean something more than a play for the much-coveted 18-25 box office demographic.
02/10/07
With a bit of restraint Gibson might have had a great movie here instead of merely a pretty good one.
01/01/00
[Gibson] has created a completely adequate modern facsimile of the classic romantic epic.
01/01/00
Top CriticSo inspiring is his message that my own girlfriend channeled it, in the warning I received prior to my reviewing the film: You'd better love it, or I'll disembowel you.
01/04/08
One of the most spectacular entertainments in years.
01/01/00
Top CriticBraveheart is history the way it should be told, full of sex and treachery and battle and passion and Mel Gibson in a kilt.
01/01/00
A violent, utterly passionate epic.
02/27/01
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