Kinda melodramatic, but otherwise pretty awesome. And I don't normally like war movies.

It's strange that a movie with Broderick, Freeman, and Washington (among others) doesn't get talked about more often, especially since this is a good movie. I felt like Broderick was miscast, but otherwise, this was solid. The battle scenes are awesome and a lot of this movie is extremely well-shot. Denzel and Morgan Freeman have great chemistry and their scenes are the most enjoyable in the movie.

super Actors in a great Story !

One of the best, most moving, war movies I have seen. Everyone is at the top of their game and I have yet to find a flaw. Just a wonderful movie.

Epic war drama. All round excellent.

Fantastic movie of courage and adversity... one of my favorite movies

Interesting topic (even for european) with comic-book characters that ruin the effort of drama.

The only Edward Zwick film that works because the historical facts are accurate enough and well depicted. The drama also doesn't seem ham fisted like his other pics. Even the usual insulting "white man leads minorities to victory" angle that Zwick likes to use in his movies was factual this time and necessary to show the obvious inequality during the civil war. The acting is all around solid and the story is heart wrenching stuff.

There are a lot of things I like about this movie and a lot of things I don't. The music is really invasive and manipulative. I can tell when there is an emotional moment, I don't need an orchestra to tell me so. Broderick was good, but felt a bit out of place. I couldn't stop thinking about Ferris Bueller. Denzel got a well deserved Oscar for this and the fight scenes are very well done. The whipping scene alone is enough to make me recommend this.

A true-to-life depiction of some of the struggles that Civil War soldiers faced, and more yet those struggles that blacks faced in that time. Exceptionally well done with characters that reach into your heart and bring you into the film with them. A film with an impact made even more profound because of the true story it is based on.

One of the better Civil War films out there.

Hmm... am I the only one who found this movie really quite cheesy at times? Maybe it's because I'm European, but despite the racial issue being an interesting theme, this movie really didn't move me like Band of Brothers does for example. Good performances from Denzel Washington and Morgan Freeman by the way.

An inspiring film with many good performances.

moving story, fantastic acting. Broderick at his best.