- Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release Date: Feb 21, 2003
- Starring: Jeff Daniels, Robert Duvall, Stephen Lang
- Summary: Gods and Generals, the screen adaptation of Jeff Shaara's heralded best-selling novel and prequel to the acclaimed drama "Gettysburg," is and epic and sweeping portrayal of a nation divided at the start of the Civil War. (Warner Bros.)
- Director: Ronald F. Maxwell
- Genre(s): Action, Drama, History, War
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 29
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Mixed: 10 out of 29
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Negative: 18 out of 29
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63Has the unfortunate effect of overtipping the dramatic scales in favor of the Southern generals and turning almost everybody into waxen idols who spout flowery rhetoric.
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60One doesn't come away from it with any sense of what the victory cost in human terms.
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38It may not be the worst war epic ever made - that probably would be "Battlefield Earth" -- but it's darn close to being an unqualified disaster of that magnitude.
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38The kind of movie beloved by people who never go to the movies, because they are primarily interested in something else--the Civil War, for example--and think historical accuracy is a virtue instead of an attribute.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 22 out of 37
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Mixed: 1 out of 37
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Negative: 14 out of 37
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bobt.10This is the best movie i ever saw. screw everyone who said it was bad!
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10This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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EdwardB.9You have to BE from the south, to understand it. I was born here, live here, and will die here. And I will always be proud of it.
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ClaytonS.3
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