This won Best Picture?

Rating: 2/10 (12 February 1999)

I admit that 1995 was not a great year in film but there were at least ten better choices for best picture (Apollo 13 for one) than this one. Heck, even Rob Roy, which takes place at around the same time, was a better film. Braveheart is not a bad film. It is just a very mediocre one. As it has been pointed out it is historically inaccurate. It is also indifferently acted and directed, by Mel Gibson no less, without any distinction. It is too long and kinda boring. And those battle scenes! By the second one I decided to take a break in the theatre lounge. In its favor I will admit that the photography is kind of pretty.