Visually stunning but overly sentimental

Rating: Null/10 (28 March 2001)

I paid my money to go and see this movie, with the feeling that i was going to get a raw and savage account of the realism of Stalingrad. From the outset it was clear that i was going to get a little less than i expected ! The special effects were fantastic, and the acting of Jude Law and Joseph Fiennes was second to none. I never really became involved in this movie, but saying that, i was never bored. The combination of good acting and great special effects were well worth Â£4 of my well earned money. The problem i found with this film was that it wasn`t real enough. It was hard for me to suspend my disbelief at a "cockney" Krushcev, and even harder for me to swallow the rather dull and "Titanic" like love story ! Like most of these so called war classics, it started off with real promise and ended unconvincingly ! Despite this, i thought that this movie was pulled together simply because of its acting, the tension that is built up between Harris and Law, is what i paid to see !!!