Braveheart (1995) Critic Reviews

Tempers moments of despair with deliriously romantic passages abetted by James Horner's traditionally lush score and photography by John Toll ("Legends of the Fall's" Oscar winner).Read the full review

One of the most spectacular entertainments in years.Read the full review

Offeris an exhilarating, and occasionally touching, experience that has viewers leaving the theater caught up in an afterglow of wonder. These days, heros like William Wallace are as rare as motion picture displays of this high, uncompromising quality.Read the full review

An action epic with the spirit of the Hollywood swordplay classics and the grungy ferocity of "The Road Warrior."Read the full review

The sort of massive vanity piece that would be easy to disparage if it didn't essentially deliver.Read the full review

A completely adequate modern facsimile of the classic romantic epic.Read the full review

Braveheart features some of the most enthralling combat sequences in years, and the excessive ferocity of the violence is part of the thrill.Read the full review

Never tries to confuse our loyalties or question the strategies of our hero or bring home the all-embracing soul-destroying horrors of war for all sides. Braveheart may be rip-roaring, but it isn't all that brave.Read the full review

Braveheart comes up short by beating the drums of human treachery and violence so loudly they become assaults.Read the full review