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Rating: 7/10 (19 October 1999)

The Thin Red Line could have been a great film if only it wasn't mired by the endless meandering narrations that disrupt the momentum of this film. The cast does an exceptional job, as does cinematographer John Toll. Minus the existential pragmatism sprouted at intervals throughout, this film wouldn't have laboured towards it's conclusion. Nonetheless it is a film worth watching but one that tries, but fails to make us think unlike the other war film of '98 - Saving Private Ryan.