About time, America for what it is

Rating: Null/10 (4 June 2000)

I applaud Spielberg's bravery in making this film. The Americans are resolutely the bad guys and the British (now villified throughout Hollywood period pieces) are the heroes for defending and abolishing slavery first.
This film won't make the Americans feel good, but it is way more historically accurate than the Gibson-fantasy tosh of Braveheart.
Just as in its day, slavery, the cause of much human misery would have been unthinkable to abolish for many people, perhaps the idealists who want guns banned in America will one day have their stories told. An end to suffering. This movie did not do well at the box office. I wonder why???