The greatest English-language film of the 90s, easily.

Rating: 10/10 (13 April 2002)

A truly sublime film. An epic in the best sense of the word. Taut and terrific acting. Amazing cinematography. Kristin Scott Thomas!
This is a film that can be watched repeatedly without it palling, and indeed it is rewarding to do so just to pick up on little nuances initially missed. The final cave scene still breaks my heart. A more powerful message of the futility of war than a hundred bloodfests. One of the few occasions when the American Academy got it spot-on.
It is amusing, and not a little sad, to read other reviews here and see words such as 'boring' and 'overlong' sprinkled throughout. It seems we really have produced a 'fast-food' generation without the concentration or intelligence to sit through and appreciate something with a little more substance than the latest Arnie flick. Nevertheless, they have plenty of fodder to keep them amused. Congrats to Anthony Minghella for producing a true piece of 'cinema' in the tradition of Lean.
10/10
dw.