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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Aug 11, 2005
Pros: Fine performances, terrific direction, solid script, great score
Cons: None
Summary: The Patriot is director Roland Emmerich's Revolutionary War epic based loosely on various historical figures and battles during the British campaign in the Deep South. Working from a screenplay by Saving Private Ryan scribe Robert Rodat, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 4, 2012
Pros: A visually beautiful film with an equally beautiful soundtrack.
Cons: None.
Summary: "The Patriot" is an American historical and fictional war film that was released to theaters in the summer of 2000. It stars Mel Gibson, Jason Isaacs, Chris Cooper, Tom Wilkinson, and Heath Ledger. It was directed by Roland Emmerich, and written by ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 4, 2012
Pros: Great story about the creation of our country through the eyes of an ordinary colonist.
Cons: As with most historical movies some events may not be completely accurate.
Summary: But The Patriot is one of my all time favorite movies. This is coming form a U.S. history major, but I also like to think I can appreciate this movie for its cinematic experience not its historical accuracy. Mel Gibson is great as Benjamin ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 14, 2009
Pros: Extremely emotionally intense.
Cons: None.
Summary: Mel Gibson takes an American historical event and puts a family feel into it the likes that you have never seen before. When the English stepped unto the farm land of Benjamin Martin and lays waste to his son, they were not prepared for his retailation. ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 30, 2007
Pros: Nice scenery?
Cons: Dull acting, wrong motives, weak script, completely misses its point
Summary: For my History class this year the first thing we did was surprisingly watch the Patriot. I have never seen this before and had heard mixed feelings from it but it was pretty cool to watch a rated R movie in school. My teacher described it as ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 21, 2007
Pros: Performances, action, authenticity of everything from Colonial times.
Cons: Pretty violent and may be a little too long for some.
Summary: Widower "Benjamin Martin" (Mel Gibson), a veteran of the French/Indian War, wants only one thing -- to raise his family on the family plantation. He is totally against the brewing conflict with the British, and is at odds with his eldest son "Gabriel" ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 27, 2005
Pros: Excellent acting, Excellent settings.
Cons: Can't really think of any. Just a great movie.
Summary: My husband and I both love watching this movie. He likes the realism in the fighting scenes while I like the historical aspects of the movie which was filmed in my home state of South Carolina. Surprisingly, Benjamin Martin as portrayed by Mel Gibson ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 7, 2004
Pros: Great action, gunfights, and accurate costumes.
Cons: Some annoying parts, and historical inconsistencies. The patriotism is also overdone.
Summary: With this Election 2004 over, and the heartland a sea of red, It's clear that much of the American heartland now follows the same belief system as Mel Gibson, (importance of family, utter devotion to God and country, and a strong sense of patriotism, and ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 2, 2003
Pros: Sets, effects, costumes, mortal kombat
Cons: Cheese, Script, corn, plot, sappiness, inaccuracies, cliches, cheese, corn
Summary: Although it's been a while since The Patriot's release, I felt almost obligated to write a review/rant upon seeing how highly rated it is here in epinions.
First the good. Sets and costumes and effects were nicely done, action sequences were ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 17, 2002
Pros: Great movie, very educational.
Cons: Long, not good for "antsy" viewers.
Summary: This movie teaches of Americas indepence and the origin of our bickering with the mother country, England.
Mel Gibson is the main role in this film, and stars as the Patriot. He is a flag bearer for the army and has served for two years. The movie ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 21, 2002
Pros: Outstanding acting, enthralling story
Cons: It tends to cliches and to be hokey.
Summary: From the moment it began, I knew I was going to like THE PATRIOT. For a long movie, it swept me in and held me through out. Beautifully shot and amazingly directed by the same guy who did INDEPENDENCE DAY, it reminded something of ID4, but so much ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 2, 2002
Pros: emotional, actors, history
Cons: not all factual, violent
Summary: The Patriot...the movie that got rave reviews from everyone that I knew. Perhaps because it was an emotional war movie, bringing back the hardness of death, defeat, and victory in our history. Maybe it was Mel Gibson. Who knows...but I knew I had ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 9, 2002
Pros: Mel Gibson & Heath Ledger.
Cons: Not historically accurate.
Summary: The Patriot
165 Minutes
Rated R
Columbia Pictures
The Patriot was and is an amazing movie. The great effects put off by computer nowadays is quite breath taking. Most of the movie was filmed in South Carolina, as ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 25, 2002
Pros: Mel Gibson, of course, great direction, a very lush soundtrack!
Cons: We all know it's not real, but that's why it's called historical fiction
Summary: There's something about historical fiction that really makes you want to watch it. And usually the case is that you either love it or hate it. Because, let's face it, we all know how accurate Hollywood's version of history is, and some people are just ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 2, 2002
Pros: Everything
Cons: Nothing
Summary: This movie very good but it's very sad also it's good but gladiator is but other that great well i'll tell u about the movie now A hero of the fierce french and indian conflict martin had renounce fighting forever to raise his family in peace. but when ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 23, 2002
Pros: Heath Ledger's surprising breakout role,
several battle scenes, and lovely visuals
Cons: Mel Gibson's Mad Max-in-colonial-garb character, Robert Rodat's ugly history-twisting screenplay
Summary: Mel Gibson's American Revolutionary War movie proves that the more things change, the more they stay the same.
The Patriot (2000, rated R) is basically a near-remake of his earlier Oscar-winning hit, Braveheart,
nevermind ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 9, 2002
Pros: Action w/o gratuitous limb removal, lots of history to later read up on
Cons: Blood & gore, mental anguish that made this viewer's guts hurt
Summary: Let me apologize IN ADVANCE of my review and state for the record that I am NOT a professional movie reviewer, just an average person, and this review will NOT contain any big, $2 words or insightful interpretations, like some of the other reviewers. ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 20, 2001
Pros: Mel Gibson, Special Effects
Cons: Predictable Story Line
Summary: I go to the movies, or rent movies for one reason...to be entertained. I don't really want to leave a movie feeling worse than I went in. I don't want to be preached to or have moral issues decided for me in the form of a movie. In the case of period ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 1, 2001
Pros: Great action-packed film, great history too!
Cons: None
Summary: Okay, let's say first off that Mel Gibson has the perfect part in this movie. He's a father of a large family with no mother during the time of the American Revolution. He tries to stay away from the war, but is soon drawn in and begins a militia.
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 21, 2001
Pros: Action violence mixed with history and a partly true story.
Cons: None.
Summary: The Patriot is a great movie that has a true story in it. In the movie they call the "Patriot" the "Ghost" There was a man like that in the revolutionary war, but his name was "Foxsman." I liked The Patriot because I like movies where people seek ... read more
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