The PatriotThe Patriot
starring: Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson, Jason Isaacs, Chris Cooper directed by: Roland Emmerich List Price: $9.95 Price: $1.99 You Save: $7.96 (80%)Prices subject to change. See similar products Read customer reviews Related Items:
Collectible Price: $10.00 Third Party New Price: $1.99 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780767858069 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC ISBN: 0767858069 Label: Sony Pictures Languages: Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Sony Pictures Release Date: April 03, 2001 Running Time: 165 minutes Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: June 28, 2000
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Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Aimed directly at a mainstream audience, The Patriot qualifies as respectable entertainment, but anyone expecting a definitive drama about the American Revolution should look elsewhere. Rising above the blatant crowd pleasing of Stargate, Independence Day, and Godzilla, director Roland Emmerich crafts a marvelous re-creation of South Carolina in the late 1770s (aided immeasurably by cinematographer Caleb Deschanel), and Robert Rodat's screenplay offers the same balance of epic scale and emotional urgency that elevated his earlier script for Saving Private Ryan. Unfortunately, Emmerich embraces clichés and hackneyed melodrama that a more gifted director would have avoided. Instead of attempting a truly great film about the most pivotal years of American history, Emmerich settles for a standard revenge plot with the Revolutionary War as an incidental backdrop. On those terms, the film is engrossing and sufficiently intelligent, especially when militia leader Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson) cagily negotiates with British General Cornwallis (Tom Wilkinson) in one of the most rewarding scenes. For the most part, the story concerns Martin's anguished quest for revenge against ruthless redcoat Colonel Tavington (played with snide relish by Jason Isaacs), and the rise to manhood of Martin's eldest son, Gabriel (Heath Ledger), whose battlefield honor exceeds even that of his brutally volatile father. At its best, The Patriot conveys the horror of war among innocent civilians, and the epic battle scenes, while by no means masterful, are graphically intense and impressive. And although Ledger's love interest (Lisa Brenner) is too bland to register much emotion, the focus on family (which frequently relegates the war to background history) provides a suitable vehicle for Gibson, who matches his achievement in Braveheart with an effectively brooding performance. --Jeff Shannon Customer Reviews Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Childish"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." -Samuel Johnson "Democracy is messy." -Donald Rumsfeld This movie is childish. I don't mean it's a children's movie. I mean it is conceived at the mental and emotional level ... Read More Rating:  - The Patriot......Wherein a German filmmaker by the name of Roland Emerich makes a movie where evil British Redcoats commit a vile atrocity against American freedom fighters... an atrocity that in reality was perpetrated by German troops against French villagers in ... Read More Rating:  - Thank You Mel GibsonAmidst the steady stream of disgusting, vulgar, and /or western civilization-bashing crap that flows like a sewer from our Left Coast, we get a little reminder every once in awhile that the United States is not completely the Great Satan. We do have a ... Read More Rating: - Could it be time for another revolutionExcellent movie and acting, Story superb if you can overlook hollywood political correctness recreating history Rating: - Never get tired of this one!Always a late bloomer, I discover things after they've been out for a while - that's just my way. I finally rented this flick and watched it the whole way through...and it's great! I really loved it! There is alittle bit of everything in it - for men and ... Read More see more Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Related Items:
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