All Quiet on the Western Front Reviews and Ratings



  • January 26, 2007
    War as cruel as it is!
  • January 25, 2007
    okay this is goin on my wanna see list deffo. i'm really interested in WW1 & 2 so i'd like to see what a movie made only a decade after the war actualy ended is like.
  • January 20, 2007
    Excellent movie. All Quiet on the Western Front is my all-time favorite book and I thought that this movie did the book justice. Lew Ayres is excellent in this.
  • January 17, 2007
    Great acting and directing make up this sincere, emotional film
  • January 11, 2007
    A war classic well worth a viewing
  • January 9, 2007
    i might like this film
  • January 3, 2007
    Great movie. Only thing I didn't like about it is that it's black and white.
  • December 31, 2006
    I think this is the one we watched in history class... a good book, and a good movie.
  • December 31, 2006
    A very good film. It is amazing that this film was made when it was because it is both anti-war and told from the other side.
  • December 27, 2006
    Black and white ... but nice sad ending tho..
  • December 10, 2006
    Not a very good movie. I wouldnt ever watch this movie again.
  • November 26, 2006
    Ooo this looks quite interesting, i quite like to see this film!
  • November 23, 2006
    I Highly recommend this film.
  • November 22, 2006
    S'ight. watchedit in history class. I didn't think it should be on the top 100 list but it wasn't boring
  • November 21, 2006
    My only World War 1 film that I can recal, and a very good one at that.
  • November 7, 2006
    noway doesnt suit me
  • October 30, 2006
    Considering it was released in 1930, this is a classic piece of filmmaking even today. Very brave to be created so soon after WW1, and at a time of heavy censorship in films, this film, essentially created what we call a "War Film"
    A touching story about how War destorys lives, ...( read more)even if people survive it, it holds up today still, and is recommended viewing for anyone. Watching the reinacted battle scenes shot in black and white, with a grainy early camera and in the style of early documentary footage is as eerie as it is spectacular.
    Definitive Movie
  • October 26, 2006
    I can't believe that any modern re-make would ever be able to bring the book to life as this one does. The lack of CGI makes (almost) everything look very realistic. A modern-day remake would probably not have the same earnestness and proximity to the subject matter - after WWI...( read more)I, that era had disappeared completely. The people making this version could actually remember WWI.

    The movie could benefit from a digital remastering of both the sound and film quality, and it suffers in comparison with the book due to the lack of first-person narration, but otherwise, it's basically unbeatable.
  • October 17, 2006
    One of the best endings to a movie... EVER! That's pretty much all I remember about it...
  • October 11, 2006
    Another good anti-war film set during WWI on the German side.
  • September 29, 2006
    The book was so good.
  • September 26, 2006
    the first great war movie ever made
  • September 22, 2006
    excellent movie. Pretty rare you can get a good book-movie adaptation like this
  • September 14, 2006
    Not sure about the movie, but the book was incredibly boring. and it jumped all over the place, it was hard to follow.
  • September 9, 2006
    Saw this one in a worhtless history class my sophmore yearh in high school. The ending annoyed me....
  • August 25, 2006
    interesting, thought-provoking and insightful, really good
  • August 3, 2006
    I'm probably the only person who actually liked this movie when we watched it in school.
  • July 18, 2006
    oh my gosh i did a book report on this and i didn't know there was a movie!! i did it on spark notes!
  • July 6, 2006
    Zip.ca rental, part of my quest to see every movie that made AFI's Top 100 films of all time.

    It was pretty well shot (the battle scenes, anyways), way better than I was expecting.

    However, the OTHER scenes, were fairly static and boring. My main issue is that I had such ...( read more)a hard time keeping track of who was who. All those boys looked the same to me.

    The Opinion: This one is too short, but ah well. I found it very boring indeed.
  • July 2, 2006
    One of the best films ever made in film history.
  • June 30, 2006
    I read the book after I saw the movie, and the book is better. More detail to break your heart and make you understand.
  • June 21, 2006
    I saw this movie in my History On Film class and this movie captivated me and i really enjoyed it.
  • June 21, 2006
    We watched this in History Class. VERY VERY sad at the end, but a very good film overall. I really like Paul.
  • June 20, 2006
    One of the best early war movies.
  • June 19, 2006
    This is not something you watch to up your mood.
  • June 16, 2006
    I absolutely love this movie!
  • June 13, 2006
    Superb quality shown from the other side and how even the "enemy" felt about the war.
  • June 7, 2006
    It's about war, I would like to see that.
  • June 3, 2006
    This movie was really sad, but unfortunatley things like that happened, and will happen.
  • May 26, 2006
    The book is better, but this is a GREAT movie.

Summary


All Quiet on the Western Front Summary

  • Starring: Lew Ayres
  • Directed by: Lewis Milestone
  • Genres: Drama, Classics
  • Release Date: August 24, 1930
  • DVD Release Date: January 5, 1999