A number one movie (that is: 1 out of 10)

Rating: 2/10 (8 February 2001)

I'm sad to say it, but this historic movie really sucks. Mel Gibson attempts to create a film containing everything: romance, action, blood (quite a lot of that) and of course, a heroic Mel himself. The problem is just that the story soon focuses mostly on the latter part.
Braveheart is, unlike historic movies of quality, not very accurate when it comes to historic facts. But the film is not only full of factual errors, Gibson's directing is not very impressive. There are plenty of irritating mistakes and goofs in the directing/production of Braveheart.
The battle scenes may be well-made, but they are not good enough to change the impression of Braveheart being the absolute low-water mark of American film-making.
It is actually quite impressive that movie of Braveheart standard won Academy Awards for both Best Picture and Best Director.