Epic, if inaccurate

Rating: 8/10 (10 August 2013)

Provoked into resistance by the savage murder of his wife, William Wallace leads the Scots in a fight for independence from English oppression.
Braveheart, Mel Gibson's finest hour, deserves its Oscars - it is a fine film, epic in scale, well acted, brilliantly directed, full of iconic sequences and moments.
On the downside, it is violent, and Gibson's favourite dislike after the Jews, the English, are monsterised as subtext (see also The Patriot). This does not diminish Braveheart as a film, it just adds to one's knowledge.
It doesn't help me like Gibson, although it gives me great cause to admire him as an actor and director.