Patton
Metascore
91 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 9 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    100
    The movie holds up far better than its detractors guessed - splendidly, in fact - not only thanks to Scott's spellbinding acting, but to the epic imagery, Coppola's (and Edmund North's) highly intelligent script and Schaffner's lucid, perfectly controlled direction.
  2. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Mike Clark
    100
    Still mesmerizes on the strength of George C. Scott's chew-your-behind performance. [5 Nov. 1999, p.6E]
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  3. ReelViews
    Reviewed by: James Berardinelli
    100
    Patton remains to this day one of Hollywood's most compelling biographical war pictures.
  4. Variety
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not credited)
    100
    War is hell, and Patton is one hell of a war picture, perhaps one of the most remarkable of its type ever made.
  5. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not credited)
    90
    Patton is a war movie of unusual depth and a landmark in screen biographies.
  6. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Vincent Canby
    90
    A huge, initially ambivalent but finally adoring, Pop portrait of one of the most brilliant and outrageous American military figures of the last one hundred years.
  7. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    88
    Not a war film so much as the story of a personality who has found the right role to play. Scott's theatricality is electrifying.
  8. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Dave Kehr
    80
    Patton's personality--conveyed with pointed theatrical flair by George C. Scott--is registered in rich tones of grandeur and megalomania, genius and petty sadism.
  9. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not credited)
    75
    George C. Scott's Oscar-winning portrait of the megalomaniacal warrior general is still the glue holding together this blunt study of war as the ultimate human (and dehumanizing) game.

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User Score
8.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 35 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. ryancarroll88
    9
    George C. Scott's portrayal of the WWII General George Patton is a sight to behold, and it's really his performance that drives the whole movie - not at all a bad thing.… Full Review »
  2. rodericrinehart
    8
    Patton was a despicable, gritty, SOB that helped America defeat the Nazis. Scott absolutely nails the performance and shows the many sides of this complicated man.… Full Review »
  3. EnzoP.
    7
    Patton is based on General Patton toughness, cruelness and leadership. George C. Scott the man who plays Patton is astonishing, he gives a performance of a lifetime, not shocked he won the oscar for best actor. Also Karl Malden plays really good great acting throughout the movie. But the problem about the film is that when you make a really long film it has to be highly entertaining or you will just get bored and fall asleep.So that is what really backfired throughout this movie. That is why I did not like it as much as the critics. The only time I thought it was highly entertaining was in the last six minutes. In the first hour I would of gave it a five. Then in the next hour I would of gave it a six. Then finally in the last hour I decided to give this film a seven.… Full Review »
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