Great first 30 minutes

Rating: 7/10 (16 July 2001)

I am not going to write about historical innaccuracies - this is an American film for Americans ( bit like Forrest Gump in that respect ). I thought the first 30 minutes with the assault on the beach was great and very effective - probably the best piece of action I've seen. However the next piece of the film is very average and verges toward sentimentality - if you want to see what this bit could have been like check out "Cross of Iron" - and it just seems to peter out toward the end. I wasn't that bothered about what happened to any of them or whether they saved Ryan or not. I think it would have been better if "mom's apple pie" had been kept out of the last half and it would have been a more honest film.