incomparable!!!!

Rating: 9/10 (26 July 1999)

> It's hard to imagine how any military biography film can top this true > classic. The controversial general is portrayed stunningly by Scott, in what > is doubtless the performance of a lifetime. Everything about the film is > bold, and the story is well-grounded in historical accuracy. An absolutely > spellbinding film which in which both pacifists and militarists will see > what they want to see. Great men are always flawed, as the film makes > abundantly clear. The final scene, of Patton, cashiered, walking with his > dog across the open meadow with the voiceover about the vanity of glory, > leaves one with an overwhelming feeling of sadness for the loss of this man > and for the loss of an age of honor. The film absolutely demands to be > viewed in its letterbox format, and, like all great works of art, stands up > to repeated viewing. The score's main theme is a corker, > too.