Mel Gibson has to be realistic.

Rating: 1/10 (24 July 2001)

To start off with, this film has many inaccuracies, but since many other users commented on that, I won't spend much time on that. Rather, one of the major inaccuracies is of Sir William Wallace himself. Gibson portrays him as a loving, sweet man, when in fact, when you want to free your country from tyranny, you can't have any of those personalities. You have to kill, not negotiate. Although William Wallace might have been sweet, he wasn't when he turned into a leader. Anyways, Robert the Bruce wasn't a traitor, which is very disrespectful of Gibson. I would suggest that Gibson and Randall Wallace, the idiotic writer, first read a biography of William Wallace called "William Wallace: Braveheart," by James MacKay. Also, the only good thing about the movie is the acting, not by Gibson but by Patrick McGoohan, Edward I, Sophie Marceau, Queen Isabella and Angus MacFayden, Robert the Bruce. Also, Catherine McCormack, Murron was terrific.