Sadly inadequate

Rating: 6/10 (29 January 2006)

I had high hopes for this film, and unfortunately I was very disappointed.
While the visuals are stunning and the actors are well cast for the most part, this film is at least 45 minutes too long (too many shots of trees and grass) and is excruciatingly inaccurate historically. While a 'relationship' between Pocahontas and John Smith makes for an touching myth, for a big budget film to perpetuate this fairy tale is unfortunate to say the least. One would have hoped that Terrace Malick would have done a little bit of research before writing the script.
Colin Farrell and Christian Bale make for yummy eye-candy, but it's not worth $8.00. If you MUST see it, wait for the video.