An Excellent Film

Rating: Null/10 (4 August 1998)

Saving Private Ryan is one of this year's best films. Tom Hanks delivers an Oscar-caliber performance as Captain Miller. What I like most about this film is that it shows what war and violence are actually like. For this reason alone this is a film that should be seen by all. While the story is not the films strongest point, it still is very good. I have heard many critics say that the rest of the characters were all cliche, however, I did not see that. Jeremy Davies gives a performance that should win him an Oscar as an interpreter who is going into combat for the first time and the rest of the cast are superb. My only problem with the picture were it's present day scenes, I found them unnecessary.