Mildly disappointing

Rating: 4/10 (4 March 2004)

On the plus side: the movie actually doesn't have a typical happy ending. More assets: Natalie Portman, Renee Zellweger (not that she's so great, but at least she tries hard, creates a memorable character - as opposed to Nicole Kidman - and injects some humor into the oh-so elevating story.
On the minus side: no chemistry between the two main characters, occasionally awful dialogues, glossy and boring Ada, jarring accents.
Altogether a rather tedious and overrated movie, IMO, with a few well acted scenes and believable images of fighting and dying. But then, after the trauma of watching The English Patient I did not expect great story-telling from Mr Minghella.