Simplistic, manipulative, tawdry...not a good movie.

Rating: 3/10 (5 March 2001)

This is a shockingly simplistic movie told in a complicated and
technically superb way. I've waited a long time to write a comment,
to see if I changed my mind, but my opinion has gotten even lower,
not better.
It seems as if some writers, and certainly Spielberg, have adopted
the dumbing-down motif of modern America. This film is blatantly
manipulative. I feel almost dirty for having seen it and knowing of
its success. The brilliance of its technical depictions of combat
can't erase the tawdriness of so many of its plot elements.
With sincere apologies to the many fine actors who enriched this
film with great performances, I still say, in a word, yuck.