Excellent war movie

Rating: 9/10 (25 February 1999)

This educational and good looking film moves right along. Just when a scene becomes slow, we cut to an entirely new sub-story with an entirely new set of characters.
You will find yourself surprised from time to time when you suddenly see the famous face of an actor you didn't know was in the movie. For instance, Robert Redford suddenly appears towards the end.
On the whole, this movie tends to glorify rather than condemn, yet we see lots more of that kind of thing when dealing with the clear-cut issues of WWII. Still, you have to give them credit for not making the Germans come off as monsters--the Panzer division's generals are actually quite sympathetic characters.
The movie makes Market-Garden seem more like a big adventure instead of a great waste of human life and treasure. Recall, the area in Southern Holland the allies were attempting to liberate was held by the Germans until the last weeks of the war, fully 6 months after the failed attempt to capture Arnhem!