Terrence Malick's beautiful poetic meditation of war.

Rating: 10/10 (26 May 2014)

The Thin Red Line is an artful and epic anti-war film that differs from others, highlighting not the evil from war, but the nature of war itself .
The ensemble cast give powerful and contemplative performances throughout, making this one of the only war films to resonant emotionally.
The cinematography and score is incredible, poignant and perfectly captures the dissonance of brutal, shaking war with the beauty and stillness of nature - which itself is the statement of the film.
The score from Hans Zimmer is sweeping and graceful, exquisitely juxtaposing the bombastic scores we have come to expect.
Roger Ebert said that The Thin Red Line was "schizophrenic" as it seemed that the cast was driving for realism as the director was striving for transcendence; I actually believe that this ennobles the film and makes it so unlike and above the standard - surely one to rival Apocalypse Now.