still one of my favorites...

Rating: Null/10 (10 December 2004)

Aside from the dramatic freedoms taken with the historical facts in this movie, it still is one of the most moving films I have seen, but I have to say...
The musical score is over-rated. James Horner is over-rated. He takes a few dramatic bars and repeats them over. And over. And over. He seems to do this often.
The acting is hot and cold. Morgan and Denzel are great, but Cary Elwes and Matthew Broderick seemed a little strained in their roles. Broderick's best part was his grin as he came out of the requisitions office.
Still, it brings to light a little known side of the war, and anyone who is interested in the "true truth" can read Shaw's letters and other accounts on those historic happenings. :)