Great Movie, but not historical.

Rating: Null/10 (25 June 2000)

If you come to see a movie full of patriotism and heroism, the Patriot will definitely entertain you. But don't go away thinking that it has anything to do with the American Revolution. Benjamin Martin, a YOUNG man during the American Revolution, was an actual person and we know about him because of a diary he kept during the war. Apparently from the plot line, the NAME is the only thing that the production takes from Mr. Martin. The movie takes a very elementary, perhaps juvenile, look at the American Revolution. It also attempts to make the British soldiers out to be animals and barbarians, when in fact, the British were very civil towards American civilians during the war.
Don't get me wrong, it's a very entertaining movie, and does a VERY good job of suspending reality, just don't go home thinking that the American Revolution was anything like the movie.