Greatest Biographical portrayal in history

Rating: 10/10 (21 February 2001)

In addition to being a terrific movie, one of the best war pictures ever made, "Patton" is by far the greatest biographical portrayal ever put to screen. George C. Scott gives the best performance of his long and distinguished career; he definitely deserved the Best Actor Oscar for this role, and I'm glad his disdain of the Academy did not prevent them from making the correct choice. Scott makes Patton come to life: as a brilliant, gruff, odd, quick-tempered general, but still successfully portrays him as a human being with endearing and dismal personality traits that made Patton so loved and so hated (and often at the same time!) A must-see, simply for one of the greatest acting performances in movie history.