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Movie Review for Thin Red Line, The
Movie Review for
Thin Red Line, The
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24 Reviews total.
Release date: 12/25/1998
Run length: 170 mins.
Categories:
Drama
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War
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Action/Adventure
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Adaptation
Summary:
A World War II tale which focuses on a squad of American troops battling against the Japanese during the hellish battle of Guadalcanal Island. Witt has gone AWOL and considers the contrast between the peace of the islanders and the chaos brought by war. Meanwhile, the troops are led by two men: Tall, who is eager for the danger of battle, and Staros, who is more concerned with protecting his men. As they fight over strategy, the men have different reactions to the war: Bell thinks only of his wife, Gaff is intelligent but no more able to deal with war than the bullish Doll. As they attack a Japanese stronghold, the randomness of life and death in wartime is made clear.
Reviews of Thin Red Line, The
By
Carlo Cavagna
of AboutFilm.com (7/0)
Makes 'Apocalypse Now' look like a focused and concise piece of work
By
Dan Jardine
of Apollo Guide (7/0)
It's a thin (red) line between love and hate
By
Philip Martin
of Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (7/0)
...a film of sublime power and beautiful tedium.
By
Roger Ebert
of Chicago Sun-Times (7/0)
Fascinating!
By
Jeffrey M. Anderson
of Combustible Celluloid (7/0)
The equal of Saving Private Ryan in creating devastatingly potent battle sequences. And it is its...
By
Harvey S. Karten
of Compuserve (7/0)
A powerful work!
Reviews of Thin Red Line, The
By
Arthur Lazere
of culturevulture.net (7/0)
a challenging, emotionally riveting, exquisitely beautiful film that plumbs the depths of the sol...
By
Scott Weinberg
of DVDTalk.com (7/0)
The Thin Red Line would have been infinitely more successful without the frequent rest-stops full...
By
John J. Puccio
of DVDTown.com (7/0)
Perhaps the movie's final, lasting image embraces all we know: From the mud grows the lotus.
By
Kevin Lally
of Film Journal International (7/0)
The battle scenes are vivid, but the film's true power lies in the spiritual connection the audie...
By
Alex Sandell
of Juicy Cerebellum (7/0)
One of the best war movies ever made!
By
Jorge Avila Andrade
of Moviola (6/1)
Presenta los horrores de la guerra de una manera mucho más sutil que la cinta de Spielberg
Reviews of Thin Red Line, The
By
Widgett Walls
of Needcoffee.com (7/0)
An hour of the film is shots of flora and voiceovers of soldiers, all of which sound like parts o...
By
Jeffrey Westhoff
of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) (7/0)
Malick transforms James Jones' two-fisted prose into visual poetry.
By
Edward Johnson-Ott
of NUVO Newsweekly (7/0)
Pretty pictures and vague pondering do not a movie make!
By
Dennis Schwartz
of Ozus' World Movie Reviews (7/0)
In many ways it seems like a discourse on philosophy given by a company of infantrymen in Guadalc...
By
James Berardinelli
of ReelViews (7/0)
A highly original piece of motion picture artistry!
By
Jack Garner
of Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (7/0)
A highly original vision!
Reviews of Thin Red Line, The
By
Jim Judy
of Screen It! (7/0)
Terrifically engrossing!
By
Sean Axmaker
of Seattle Weekly (7/0)
... one of the richest and lushest films ever to emerge from Hollywood.
By
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
of Spirituality and Practice (7/0)
The visionary quality of the film and the exotic cinematography of John Toll make this a most imp...
By
Maitland McDonagh
of TV Guide's Movie Guide (7/0)
An intensely internalized portrait of external pandemonium, a slippery, insidiously haunting work...
By
Wade Major
of Boxoffice Magazine (3/4) No reference
The Thin Red Lineasks more questions than it answers and violates more rules than it obeys, ultim...
By
James Kendrick
of Q Network Film Desk (3/4) No reference
far more interested in juxtaposing the beauty of nature untamed and the harsh destruction of mank...
Movie Distributors Production Companies
Geisler Roberdeau
Phoenix Pictures Movie Studios
Fox 2000
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