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Bridge on the River Kwai
 
   

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Average Rating: 5.0
 
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88 out of 88 people found this review helpful.

Bridge on the River Kwai: Old School Alec Guinness

Date of Review:  Aug 27, 2000
The Bottom Line: One of the finest performances in cinema by Guinness that should be seen by those who only know Guinness as Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Review: I recently had the pleasure of seeing Bridge on the River Kwai on the big screen. Say what you will, but to me, the big screen adds so much to a movie-viewing experience, in particular movies such as this one, set during World War II in the hot,...
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  4.0

by: BigJack
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Wonderful performances by Guinness and...
Cons
"Hollywood" side plot...
 
46 out of 46 people found this review helpful.

Why'd the Little Girl Cut Onions in the River?

Date of Review:  Jul 6, 2005
The Bottom Line: One of the greatest war films ever made, with virtues well in excess of my poor capacity to praise them.
Review: Here's a film that can withstand whatever accolades you care to throw at it – masterpiece, epic, classic, or what-have-you. Although the film, as an artistic creation, falls to the credit of director David Lean, it was first the brainchild of...
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  5.0

by: metalluk
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Great locales, cinematography,...
Cons
Has some potential to taint the bravery...
 
42 out of 42 people found this review helpful.

Guinness ? Good For You

Date of Review:  Aug 7, 2000
Review: As you may know, one of the great actors of our time, perhaps of all time, has died. This review results.

It is hard even to write the words: Alec Guinness is dead.

With him died a befuddled vacuum-cleaner salesman, a comically...
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  5.0

by: mshawpyle
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Every performance, the score, the...
Cons
None. None. None
 
60 out of 61 people found this review helpful.

BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI: One of the Great Black Comedies about World War II!

Date of Review:  Mar 27, 2007
The Bottom Line: BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI is one of the great anti-war films of all time, conveying its truth with more subtle humor than DR. STRANGELOVE. An early Postwar "International Film."
Review: To begin with, though nothing is wrong with viewers and critics seeing BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI as a grand adventure story or an heroic war film, I think they miss the point. Adventure story and war film it may be, but David Lean's 161 minute epic...
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  5.0

by: macresarf1
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Guinnes, Hayakawa, Holden, Hawkins...
Cons
Film's anti-war message, black humor,...
 
37 out of 37 people found this review helpful.

Superbly acted, but racist nonsense

Date of Review:  Feb 22, 2001
The Bottom Line: Excellent acting, but in the service of perpetuating racism.
Review: David Lean?s 1957 movie ?The Bridge on the River Kwai? received many awards and is adored by many men -- and perhaps some jingoist women, too. Its special effects look quaint now, and its pervasive colonialist perspective is more obvious than it...
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  3.0

by: Jiahong
Recommended to buy: No

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Acting
Cons
Racism, pacing, location, and sexism
 
30 out of 30 people found this review helpful.

Bridge on the River Kwai: Whistle while you work.

Date of Review:  Sep 22, 2002
The Bottom Line: To quote the film trailer: "The film that must be seen. And seen again".
Review: In 1957, a movie was premiered that was the most awe-inspiring of its time. It was a massive project, involving a collaboration of several countries and the building of a bridge, then the largest single prop used for a film. It was the movie that...
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  5.0

by: weirdo_87
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Acting, cast, cinematography,...
Cons
A bit 'Hollywooodized'. Best seen on a...
 
27 out of 27 people found this review helpful.

Bridge on the River Kwai: Bonafide Classic

Date of Review:  Jan 8, 2005
The Bottom Line: The Bridge on the River Kwai is explosive entertainment. A fantastic film containing some of the best performances and shots ever put on celluloid.
Review: Madness…madness are the immortal words of Maj. Clipton upon reflecting the effect of war upon men in David Lean's 1957 epic The Bridge on the River Kwai : a film which explores the madness of war itself and its effects upon individuals in...
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  5.0

by: blade_runner83
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Superb acting. Brilliant...
Cons
At times overly stereotypical and...
 
27 out of 27 people found this review helpful.

It doesn't have to be big to be big

Date of Review:  Apr 30, 2006
The Bottom Line: Take your time, and enjoy a masterpiece
Review: In World War Two, in Southeast Asia, Sessue Hayakawa portrays the commandant of a Japanese prison camp. Alec Guinness is the British Colonel of a group of soldiers who were captured and placed in that prison camp. Jack Hawkins is another British...
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  5.0

by: dolphinboy
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Everything
Cons
You do need patience
 
27 out of 27 people found this review helpful.

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

Date of Review:  Apr 19, 2001
The Bottom Line: This movie is highly recommended to students of cinematography and set design, or fans of Holden and Guiness, and is a lesson in how to make revisionist history very entertaining.
Review: The Bridge on the River Kwai is undeniably a very good movie. The cinematography is excellent, with many distant crane shots that can only be accomplished with outdoor location filming, a swarming cast of extras, and large, expensive sets such as...
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  4.0

by: BrianKoller
Recommended to buy: Yes

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cinematography, sets, cast,...
Cons
campy acting, mildly racist, actual...
 
21 out of 21 people found this review helpful.

Kwai me a river: The Bridge on the River Kwai

Date of Review:  May 21, 2008
The Bottom Line: will Kwai.
Review: David Lean's The Bridge on the River Kwai triumphs through the force of moral ambiguity. We have an impressive array of "protagonists" and "antagonists" displayed here, but none of them are solidly "good" nor solidly "evil." Each contains a brand of...
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  5.0

by: updateghost
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Ambiguity, performances, script,...
Cons
Nothing.
 

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