one of the most ambitious films of the decade

Rating: Null/10 (15 August 1999)

Twenty years from now, it will be forgotten that The Thin Red Line and Saving Private Ryan were released the same year, and the flurry of inappropriate comparisons between the two will have long since been buried. Saving Private Ryan will probably still enjoy "must see" status, and The Thin Red Line will probably still be misunderstood.
Fifty years from now, Saving Private Ryan will be dated and largely forgotten, and The Thin Red Line will stand tall as a timeless meditation on life.