Bobby Di Cicco, Bobby DiCicco, Charles Macaulay
The story of a sergeant and the inner core members of his unit as they try to serve in and survive World War II.
DVD Release Date: April 27, 1999
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August 3, 2007A rather clumsy and over-long war movie that contains all the usual "madness of war" messages, but they're delivered in a rather ham-fisted way, and it's directed like a TV show. The emotional drama is clumsy at best, and whenever the grittiness you'd expect in the depiction of v...( read more)
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August 23, 2009Yes, it's a long war movie but it's so good everyone should watch it at least once.
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February 9, 2009Anyone who has read writer-director Samuel Fuller's memoirs "A Third Face" will be familiar with his war experiences and see them depicted in this film.
What is lacks in production values and certain other aesthetic values, it makes up in great writing and acting, especially as...( read more) -
January 10, 2009A group of four guys and all the battles they took part in during WWII.
The movie is a little long and it feels like a collection of episodes instead of a straight narrative. It does have a few nice small moments and scenes throughout that make it better then the action movie th...( read more) -
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November 30, 2008Long and boring film that has surprisingly little war in it. Lee Marvin is good as always but the rest is terrible.
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Critic Reviews
April 30, 2005
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
January 20, 2005
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
A big, impressive slab of drama -- maybe not a masterpiece or an epic, but a colorful story that sweeps you up and covers a lot of ground at a fast clip. full review
December 3, 2004
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
The director's gift for bare-knuckles lyricism rescues scene after scene. full review
November 11, 2004
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Seven years after Fuller's death, 24 years after its initial, botched release, and almost 60 years after V-E day, The Big Red One is finally here, in a form close to what Fuller intended. full review
November 9, 2004
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
You must see this film for one unstoppable reason, and that is Lee Marvin. full review
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