How friendship overcomes the insanity of war

Rating: 10/10 (29 May 2005)

Though not a fan of 'war' movies I was curious about this movie as the Oscar nominated soundtrack was composed by Mike Oldfield. Normally this would prejudice me in favour, in this case the story itself far outshone even the excellent music. It's a testament to how the friendship between Sydney Schanberg and Dith Pran survives a situation that would put anyone to the ultimate test. An extraordinarily moving and uplifting movie with two outstanding central performances by Sam Waterston and Dr. Haing S. Ngor. In times such as these when there is so much bigotry, ignorance and misunderstanding it shows us why we need to fight for a common understanding and not to fight each other.