Disappointing

Rating: 4/10 (22 January 2003)

The comments from non-US reviewers seem consistently less positive than from the home team reviewers. Maybe distance lends perspective.
I bought the video for Gettysburg, without seeing the film at the cinema. I wanted to like it but the combination of the dreadfully wooden acting, amazingly poor fake beards (I thought adequate make-up was a requisite of any modern film) and the overweight extras conspired to prevent any real enjoyment. My suspension of disbelief has limits.
I'm not trying to knock the USA in general - 'Glory' is far, far better on all counts as a film. 'Gettysburg' came over as a bloated and amateurish production.
I gave it 4/10