Grueling

Rating: 2/10 (25 January 1999)

I really looked forward to seeing The Thin Red Line, but two hours into it, I was looking at my watch, afraid to see how much time was left.
It was an obvious knock-off of a variety of other war films, including Platoon, Pork Chop Hill, The Deer Hunter and others, but does not come up to the quality and reality of any that have come before it. It's attempt to be artful only succeeds in making the file a grueling drudge, with too much narration and false scene endings.
Save your money, rent the letterbox video so you won't feel so bad when you hit the rewind button and slip it back into the Blockbuster box.