Great Film about a very crazy scary man

Rating: Null/10 (12 August 2002)

Other reviewers have made the comment that this is a fitting tribute to a great General. Agreed - it is a sensational film BUT it's portrayal of Patton does anything but praise him - Sure it shows he had all the requirements for war but it also goes a long way to show how close to insanity those ideals are. Coppola's amazingly duplicitous script allows those gun-ho military types to view Patton as some kind of Combat hero while it allows normal people to see him as a war loving crackpot who was lucky there was a war on as he probably would not have amounted to anything if there wasn't. This is not only evident in the script but also in George C Scott's remarkable performance. This film is a must see but far from patriotic if you scratch the surface it is more an indictment than a glorious tribute.