A vanity project if ever there was one.
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03/01/08
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
A rambling disappointment.
01/01/00
Top CriticOne of the weakest historical epics to ever win Best Picture, Mel Gibson's bloody thirteenth-centure saga was only a moderate success in the U.S., though performed better internationally.
12/24/05
Pure hokum.
02/09/06
[The film is] well-intentioned and ambitious, but is disappointingly flawed.
01/01/00
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
At times the film seems an obsessive ode to Mel Gibson machismo.
01/01/00
Everybody knows that a non-blubbering clause is standard in all movie stars' contracts. Too bad there isn't one banning self-indulgence when they direct.
01/01/00
So 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
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05/20/03
A massive, sweaty, frequently silly epic that nevertheless delivers enough brute pleasure to pass a rainy afternoon.
02/05/07
A real modern epic.
02/20/08
As far as a good old-fashioned story of historical oppression goes, it does sweep you up and entertain.
01/01/00
Mel Gibson's Braveheart is probably not good history, and it's no documentary -- but it sure makes great Hollywood cinema.
01/01/00
A huge, bloody and sprawling epic, Braveheart is the sort of massive vanity piece that would be easy to disparage if it didn't essentially deliver.
01/28/08
Top CriticIf you prefer your movies to be more than just one man's ego trip, it's an impediment to fully enjoying what is otherwise an awesome-looking and powerful bloody epic.
07/24/01
One of the most spectacular entertainments in years.
01/01/00
Top CriticWith a bit of restraint Gibson might have had a great movie here instead of merely a pretty good one.
01/01/00
A vastly entertaining and powerful film.
01/01/00
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