Was it a great film?

Rating: 6/10 (6 August 2001)

I saw this film on DVD after I saw it on screen some 20 years ago. Twenty years ago the film gripped me because of the performances and the wonderful script of Dalton Trumbo. Even today the film towers over "Gladiator."
But as a Kubrick fan, I rate this film as one of his weakest films. This film like "Gandhi" wrenches your heart because of the story, not the filmmaking. The filmmaking minus the grand performances of Olivier, Laughton, and Ustinov is no more than good drama portrayed on the technicolor screen.
But why on earth did Hollywood run the line.."Characters depicted in the film do not resemble people living or dead.." at the end of the movie? Is someone out there senile? The ghost of Julius Caesar should take someone to court..