If Oscars are given for effort...

Rating: 10/10 (21 March 2008)

Then this is well deserved.
Like all the best movies, it is amazingly ageless. Beautifully made, never feels like the 3 hours it is, with a BRILLIANT score by James Horner (For my money much better than Titanic) and wonderful sweeping shots of the Highlands, very well-done battle scenes, and one of the most romantic love stories ever on film it melts the heart and fires the blood...
It may not be historically perfect, but it is near perfect film-making for an historical drama - better than Henry V or El Cid - it will remain a landmark film and rewards viewing over and over again.
Very stirring stuff indeed.