The Patriot (2000) Critic Reviews

A thunderous spectacle.Read the full review

It's often corny, but it's never boring, and it'll sweep you up in its momentum if you give it a chance.Read the full review

Emmerich might have had a masterpiece, but he'll have to settle for what comes close to being a must-see movie today.Read the full review

It is rousing and entertaining, and you get your money's worth.Read the full review

Has some emotional pull and isn't stuffy and dull.Read the full review

Mostly, the movie is riveting, well-done fare -- the stuff of Hollywood epic adventure.Read the full review

It's depressing that this first movie in years to dramatize the American Revolution has so little to do with the politics of secession and so much to do with pop-culture themes of vigilantism.Read the full review

It's a death-wish revenge thriller posing as a lavishly pastoral historical epic.Read the full review

Shamelessly stirring, brandishing Mr. Gibson's anguished masculinity like a musket. It may be effective, but you leave the theater feeling used.Read the full review