One of the Grand war movies.

Rating: 8/10 (13 November 2013)

It's September 1944 and Montgomery has a high risk all-or-nothing plan to take several bridges on the way to capture the industrial heart of Germany. It is called Operation Market Garden. It was the biggest airborne assault in history.
Director Richard Attenborough try to make a grand scale war movie. The stellar cast is not to be missed. The scale of this film is massive. It is before the time of the computer. It does take a little while to set up. There's a lot of things to show before the action starts. But once the action starts, the film moves along quite well.
Vandeleur (Michael Caine) leads the advance on the narrow road to reach the bridges. Frost (Anthony Hopkins) leads his men and reaches the bridge in Arnhem. Urquhart (Sean Connery)'s men land near an asylum and can't get to the bridge. Sosabowski (Gene Hackman)'s men are held back by the weather.
This is one of the best grand war movies. It comes out the wonderful traditions of The Longest Day and Tora! Tora! Tora! Nobody is trying to add a romance to spice things up. It is a researched piece of cinema. Sure there are controversies about some of the portrayals. But the attempt is appreciated.