Everything You've Heard Is True

Rating: 8/10 (31 March 2001)

If you've heard that this movie goes downhill plotwise after the first half hour (like I was told in line at my local multiplex) you've heard right. See it anyway. The production values are so high, the scenes of Stalingrad's devastation so incredibly, horribly real, that you can ignore the plot and still have a meaningful movie experience. One you probably won't have, I should note, if you wait to see the movie on your small screen, where it's muted palette will just look grey.