Well Acted but flawed movie

Rating: 6/10 (18 April 2002)

This movie is extremley well acted but it is awfully slow,the first hour puts years on you,I liked the bar scene when they are playing pool,then the pace stops. The vietnam scenes are gripping enough and truly horrific images of war appear on screens and the secoind half of the film is better than the first.Cimmino was lucky with this film he is not a good director,this film is a good hour too long,I guess this film is more popular in the USA than the UK. Watch it but probably have a break because its a slow slow movie 9/10 for acting 2/10 for direction the first hour is a gift for insomniacs zzzzzzz