Awful

Rating: 1/10 (2 November 2003)

The Patriot is my least favorite movie of the last 10 years, right down there with Pet Detective, Nature Calls. The dialogue and plot are ludicrously predictable. The movie has no heart, no depth whatsoever. The directing is pretty god-awful, too, since every actor comes across as if s/he's reading his/her lines lifelessly from a teleprompter. That includes Mel. Considering the money that went into production and paying for the big stars, you'd think the producers could have put a little more effort into finding writers who could write a quality script. As it stands, The Patriot is so shallow that it's painful to watch.