Poor Edward Zwick, poor Anthony Hopkins, poor everyone ...

Rating: Null/10 (27 February 2003)

"Legends of the Fall" obviously intended itself to be a really great film. The sad thing is that it falls far short of its goal. The cinematography is fantastic, but the storyline is far overdone. There was something in its "epic" scope that felt forced. There seemed to be many stories getting told in there, but few were very interesting. The ones that were seemed to get pushed to the back, so that the viewer has to focus more time and attention on Brad Pitt's hair. Granted, the Native American layers were interesting. It's an okay film. See it for the underrated Julia Ormond, if you must see it for anything.