Better than I Remember

Rating: 7/10 (22 November 2019)

Even a relatively bad Richard Attenborough movie is a classic.
The final scene with Liv Ulman and Lawrence Olivier evacuating their estate turned into a graveyard is practically worth the price of admission by itself.
This is a sweeping, big budget epic movie with a star-studded cast. Definitely unfocused, but Attenborough pulls it off with considerable historical accuracy and his signature deft touch retelling of this sprawling military debacle. He makes excellent use of his tremendous cast, instead of just having them making appearances. He has plenty of subtle touches like that final scene.
The reception of the movie was hurt I think by its proximity to the Vietnam war. But it has aged very well.