Best Civil War Movie Ever

Rating: 10/10 (12 October 1999)

This is an outstanding film, the best Civil War film yet. It tells a more interesting story and discusses larger themes in much less time than the other recent Civil War film, Gettysburg. It deals with issues about the war not seen in many films before. This film received few Oscar nominations, which is great injustice. It helped make Denzel Washington a star, and showed that director Edward Zwick had great promise. Unfortunately, he has yet to produce anything as good as this again.