Roger Ebert and I disagree??? Yes.

Rating: 9/10 (18 March 2020)

I am a huge movie fan, but I am an even bigger fan of Roger Ebert. The man singlehandedly opened my eyes/mind/heart to the art of filmmaking. But after viewing A Bridge Too Far when it opened in the mid '70s, I was very impressed. Impressed by the beauty of the filmmaking but even more impressed by the historical accuracy of the storyline.
Then Roger publishes his review. Two stars? Really? I think his review of this film was colored possibly by the wonderfully wild times moviemaking in the 70s was for so many artists. Filmmaking entered a paradigm shift that blew many film lovers away, me included.
And I think Roger perhaps saw A Bridge Too Far at a time when so many other films were groundbreaking. ABTF was and is a solid well crafted film using more traditional writing and storytelling. It's a brilliant film in many ways.