The worst false moustache in Cinematic History!

Rating: 7/10 (21 February 2002)

The first thing to say about Born On the Fourth Of July is that it is no where near Oliver Stone's best best movie and that is is not Tom Cruise's best acting role (perhaps it was a poor year for movies when he won the Oscar). Having said that the film is good and is an eye opener for anybody unclear on How America treated it's war veterans when they came home from Viet Nam. This film does lack a certain grittyness which other Viet Nam film such as Platoon and Apocolypse Now have. Maybe the problem is that this film takes itself too seriously, Where is the humour? I know it a serious subject but Stone does forget to inject any humour into the movie which is a shame because a film as long as this does need an eliment of relief from the subject matter. Finally, whet were they thinking of when they gave Tom Cruise that stupid facial hair?? It looks so false ! 7 out of 10.