Disappointing...

Rating: 1/10 (6 July 2000)

As an avid movie critic, I was disappointed by The Patriot's endless stream of inaccuracies and poorly written screenplay. As a professor of history, I was saddened to see Mel Gibson in another inaccurate portrayal of the British Army and her people.
I felt the screenplay was very poor due to unrealistic dialogue and poor character/plot development. The cinematography was a bright spot, but the movie was slowed down to a crawl by Gibson's overacting and poor mastery of a colonial accent.
The direction was a let-down, but was inhibited by a non-linear screenplay...somewhat reminiscent of Godard. I was disappointed that I had paid so much to see so little.