Rent Gettysburg instead

Rating: 6/10 (2 July 2000)

Evidently no patriots were involved in the making of this movie, although the heavy hand of politically correct is often seen. Always nice to see Mel, but if you want a movie for the Fourth of July that states the great American ideals for which the patriots were willing to die, in the context of a gripping inspirational drama, then rent Gettysburg instead. Perhaps if they had forwarded the movie with a list of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and the fates many of them suffered after they pledged "their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor" to bring about a new form of government, then this tale would have been in context. But it lacked the "one great shining Moment," that made it worth the price of admission.