Why doesn't he just shut up?!

Rating: 6/10 (2 November 2000)

What could have been a great film is spoiled rather spectacularly by the constant onslaught of mindless questions of Private Witt, whose drawling voice is heard as a voice over during many otherwise beautiful moments in the film. His questions, eg, "Who were you that were with me?" appear to make little sense and are just quasi-philosophical rubbish. However, the film does have some redeeming features: the cinematography is wonderful and the sequences where the soldiers storm the hill are perhaps deserving of comments that this is the best war film ever.
Maybe it could have been - but Private Witt soon puts paid to that idea! Oh yes, it's about an hour too long as well. 6/10