Flawed

Rating: 7/10 (14 October 2019)

If you'd judge a movie based on the Oscars that it garners , well you'd be wrong.
I had been someone like that too. I'd thought that this movie which had won 9 Oscars would be a pleasant watch. But I had myself wrong.
Here's what it gets right. A beautiful storyline supplemented by a great cast.
(This story of love may get you , if you are into that sort of thing.)
That's where it ends too.
Watching this in 2019 left me bored (nearly 3 hours of boredom) and confused about what's happening. There are no scenes of interest (although there are a bunch of needless obscure ones), and almost no composition of any scale, generating a very bland appeal.
However if you'd enjoy movies as they are ; then this movie is for you.
But I don't think that 'The English Patient' could entertain a wider audience, let alone me.