The Thin Red Line

This year's second World War II epic, this time focussing on the American invasion of the Japanese-held island of Guadalcanal in the South Pacific. With not much of a storyline, the emphasis is on the men involved, and the surroundings. As with the director's previous work, the critics have been divided, some praising it to the skies and other condemning it (although I don't think I have see so many perfect scores in the nearly three years that this site has existed). Note the running time.

170 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Violence) .
Action, Drama, War

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

I've got ants in my pants!

Credits

Cast	Sean Penn, Adrien Brody, Ben Chaplin, George Clooney, John Cusack, Woody Harrelson, Elias Koteas, Jared Leto
Director	Terrence Malick
Screenplay	Terrence Malick, from the novel by James Jones
Music	Hans Zimmer
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, DTS
Made in	1998
Produced by	Geisler-Roberdeau, Fox 2000 Pictures, Phoenix Pictures

Official Site

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus Owen Williams	15
The Cape Times Julia Landau	15
The Star Darryl Accone	16
The Star Janine Walker	10
Die Burger Gabriël Botma	10
Sunday Times William Pretorius	15
Rapport Barrie Hough	20
TV3 Screenplay Barry Ronge	12
eye Weekly Tom Lyons	5
Box Office Wade Major	20
Rough Cut Graham Verdon	20
Empire Ian Nathan	20
Film Review James Cameron-Wilson	15
What the People say
Internet 1226 Netizens	13
Average .. 74%	15

Visitor Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
Penny de Vries	16
Alanna Johnson	20
Graeme Smith	10
Nick Soper	8
Hannes Viljoen	6
Kel Rigby	14
Gilad Shimshon	20
Average .. 67%	13

Visitor Comments

Cal Kennedy: Very slow, voice over tended to get lost in the background, good sound track and photography, but may as well have been a glorified documentary.

Penny de Vries: The only thing left to do with war is to philosophise about it. This movie does it brilliantly.

Alanna Johnson: Great movie!!!!!!!

Graeme Smith: Why this got a multitude of Oscar nominations is beyond me. Saving Private Ryan was a million times better. Don't waste your time on this overlong movie, with its average battle scenes. Terence Malick throws in a million big stars just to distract the audiences. This is totally different to the novel. The only good thing about the entire movie is the cinematography. Elizabeth which starts this week can only be a thousand times better. This movie also received mixed reviews. I can understand now. Wait for the video if you must see this overhyped film.

Nick Soper: Oh boy! What a waste of time! For 3 hours, I battled to keep my eyes open. ''The Thin Red Line'' is proof that big names don't mean a good movie. I TRIED to see the inner beauty of the film. I TRIED to see the ''superb'' direction, but all I could see was ''Saving Private Ryan'' kicking ''The Thin Red Line's'' @$$ !!!

Gilad Shimshon: This is cinema!

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The Thin Red Line

Credits

Ratings

What the Critics say

What the People say

Average .. 74%

Visitor Ratings

Average .. 67%

Visitor Comments