Entertaining, a solid 7/10.

Rating: 7/10 (12 February 2012)

I thought 'Glory' was a good film, but it didn't explore the complete story of the war, granted it was focusing on the black soldiers, but nevertheless it should have showed more of the horrors of the American Civil War.
The Confederacy weren't showed enough, they didn't have a character who was consistently in the story, they only had crowds of Confederate soldiers yelling Southern trash talk etc. How ever I do feel this film shows how a lot of Union soldier/politicians actually were. People are under the influence that all Union soldiers fought just for slavery to be abolished. That is not true, this film shows how many soldiers treated the Nigroes like they were nothing, that is the ugly truth, many soldiers went to war to preserve the Union or just to fight for their state.
The story was sad and revealed the heroism of some of the Negroe(African-American) soldiers of the Union Armed Forces. Matthew Broderick's performance was brilliant, I feel his true character as an actor is of how many citizens/soldiers of the Northern states felt at the time.
I'd recommend this film to someone who enjoys learning about the American Civil War and African-American heroes. I hope this review helps.