Let George Do It

Rating: 7/10 (23 June 2014)

I could just as easily have summarised this review as The Time-Traveller's Life because, as if it weren't clear enough from his behaviour/attitude throughout the movie, Patton also implies on a couple of occasions that he is, in fact, a time-traveller who, in other times and other places, was a soldier in several historical conflicts. I doubt if I've even seen a photograph let alone newsreel footage of the real Patton so I have no way of knowing how close George C. Scott's portrayal is, but I have seen Scott in other roles - The Hustler, for example - and he does seem to be something of a one-trick pony who has mastered the role of the ruthless, cynical, arrogant lawyer, tycoon, militia man and plays it to perfection each time somebody yells 'action'. Probably the best thing I can say is that I wasn't bored by the two-and-a-half hours running time but I wouldn't necessarily want or need to watch it again.