A movie for the heart and the ages.

Rating: 8/10 (9 July 2001)

I have seen many thousands of movies in my life, but there are few that are able to move me over and over like this movie can. Its theme of tragic loss, unrequited love, and the importance of family rings an eternal bell in my soul. Its visual grandeur, and lessons of holding to what is good, and following one's inner voice, well overshadow the few moments of unusual dialogue.
The chemistry between Pitt and Ormond is simply mesmerizing, and Gordon Tootoosis' narration is impacting and full. Aidan Quinn and Henry Thomas turn in excellent performances as the idealistic brothers, and Anthony Hopkins is formidable and down right believable as Col. Ludlow and father of the war-torn brothers.
This is a movie that I will watch over and over with the same wonderment and interest, and I know that it will move me to laughter and tears as it always has.