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- 2001
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- HBO
- 2001
- TV-MA
- HBO
Summary Band of Brothers is a 10-part miniseries produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks for HBO. The miniseries follows Easy Company, an army unit during World War II, from their initial training at Camp Toccoa to the conclusion of the war. The series is based on the book written by the late Stephen E Ambrose. Tom Hanks approached Steven ...
- 2001
- TV-MA
- HBO
- 2001
- TV-MA
- HBO
Band of Brothers
Season 1 Premiere: Sep 9, 2001
9.0
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Summary Band of Brothers is a 10-part miniseries produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks for HBO. The miniseries follows Easy Company, an army unit during World War II, from their initial training at Camp Toccoa to the conclusion of the war. The series is based on the book written by the late Stephen E Ambrose. Tom Hanks approached Steven ...
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 28 Critic Reviews
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82% Positive
23 Reviews
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18% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 28 Critic Reviews
87
82% Positive
23 Reviews
23 Reviews
18% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
It is doubtful that any war movie on the large or small screen has captured the varied experiences of ordinary soldiers better than Band of Brothers. Whether it's the sheer terror of facing an unseen enemy or the momentary joy following a successful mission, the mini eschews the typical movie cliches while revealing and reveling in the humanity within each member of Easy Company. It explains in large measure why this group of regular guys and others like them have come to be called the Greatest Generation. [5 Sept 2001]
May be the best-ever film depiction of war in the trenches, large screen or small, and TV's loftiest miniseries since the Brits sent over "The Jewel in the Crown" in 1984. Give Band of Brothers a medal. [7 Sept 2001, p.C1]
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 515 User Ratings
9.0
92% Positive
473 Ratings
473 Ratings
3% Mixed
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
5% Negative
27 Ratings
27 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 515 User Ratings
9.0
92% Positive
473 Ratings
473 Ratings
3% Mixed
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
5% Negative
27 Ratings
27 Ratings
A masterpiece.
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What makes this mini series both meaningful, inspiring and poignant is the actual old Vets talking at the begining of each episode. You know the guys who actually did this stuff and not the bunch of lets pretend actors. So when I see a bunch of actors doing this pretend war stuff on screen? I directly think of the actual courage of those Vets. The ones who lived through that nightmare of a world gone mad with world war and mass death.
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A perceptive, powerful, five-star achievement in HBO's continuing championship season...Saluting it is a singular honor and privilege.[9 Sept 2001, p.3]
It doesn't even look like a TV miniseries -- it's more like 10 theatrical films that do an amazing job re-creating battles. [7 Sept 2001, p.W01]
Band of Brothers may be the best film ever made to show the everlasting bond forged in war between ordinary men...It may also be the best film ever made to show the relentlessness and horror of war. Aurally and visually, it's as graphically real as the battle scenes of Saving Private Ryan, only Band is five times longer...Still, there's something stopping me from saying this is the best war movie ever made, and that is because Band of Brothers succeeds as a whole, but fails to be as interesting in its individual installments. [9 Sept 2001, p.2]
Band of Brothers thus finds itself in a tricky no- man's land. It's too colloquial and too specific to be valuable in a larger historical sense, like the classic "World at War" series or any of the World War II documentaries that are a History Channel staple. Yet, it's too lacking in dramatic focal points to succeed fully as entertainment like "Private Ryan" or any of the dozens of World War II movies ("Battle Cry," "Battleground") that Hollywood turned out in the late 1940s and '50s. [7 Sept 2001, p.B02]
A glorious bungle. It has been produced on a dauntingly massive scale (by no less than Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, those old war hands) and is at times visually astonishing...Unfortunately it also suffers from disorganization, muddled thinking and a sense of redundancy. [8 Sept 2001, p.C01]
Band of Brothers is arguably the best war series. At least I never saw anything better. American patriotism and pathos aside, Band of Brothers is realistic enough. A great cast, it's especially nice to see most British actors still very young. 10 episodes look in one breath. Great series, I advise everyone to watch
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It's one of the best war series ever made, maybe the best. Amazing characters, accurate to real life, mixes majestically drama and reality. Every episode is a masterpiece.
Es una de las mejores series de guerra jamás hechas, quizás la mejor. Personajes asombrosos, fieles a la vida real, mezcla majestuosamente drama y realidad. Cada episodio es una obra maestra.
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This war series is very real and chilling, making the viewer want to binge the whole thing in one go.
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The only 10/10 I will and had give in my life, I have nothing left to say but fk meracritic demands more caps and ruins the point.
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Production Company:
- DreamWorks
- DreamWorks Television
- HBO Films
- Playtone
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Initial Release Date: Sep 9, 2001
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 6 Wins & 19 Nominations
Online Film & Television Association
• 11 Wins & 15 Nominations
