A pacifist war hero, Doss

Rating: 8/10 (20 December 2016)

Quite well directed movie by Mel Gibson, maybe his best till date. The way he encompasses all the aspects of war is simply elegant. Kudos to him as well as Andrew, portraying Doss, for making this movie worth a watch.
The movie starts of slow, focusing towards Doss's character and how he decided to become a medic, and slowly builds its pace as soon as Doss joins the army.
Coming to the performances, Mel Gibson has made use of Andrew's full potential. Also Teresa Palmer (Kristen Stewart look alike) acted beautifully. Hugo Weaving enacted Doss's father quite well.
Well, even though Gibson quite beautifully narrated the movie, it lacked the punch and fell a little short of hitting the bull's eye. The war scenes, at times, looked a little bit unrealistic. And there was a pinch of incompleteness in Doss's character, maybe because the aftermath of the war was totally neglected in the movie. Also, Doss was portrayed more of as a messiah, not a man. I feel somewhere the depth was missing.
Even with the cons, I would say the movie is worth a watch for the powerful performances and beautiful narration.