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Movie Overview
Cast
• Jim Caviezel
• Nick Nolte
• Ben Chaplin
Director
• Terrence Malick
MPAA Rating
R - For realistic war violence and language.
The Thin Red Line (1998)

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OFCS Rating: 74% Fresh
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D+
"Makes 'Apocalypse Now' look like a focused and concise piece of work"  AboutFilm.com  Carlo Cavagna

75/100
"It's a thin (red) line between love and hate"  Apollo Guide  Dan Jardine

B+
"In many ways it seems like a discourse on philosophy given by a company of infantrymen in Guadalcanal."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

"The visionary quality of the film and the exotic cinematography of John Toll make this a most impressive and unusual work of art."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

3/4
"A highly original piece of motion picture artistry!"  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

3/4
"far more interested in juxtaposing the beauty of nature untamed and the harsh destruction of mankind at war than ... telling a story or developing characters"  Q Network Film Desk  James Kendrick

"Terrifically engrossing!"  Screen It!  Jim Judy

8/10
"Perhaps the movie's final, lasting image embraces all we know: From the mud grows the lotus."  DVDTown.com  John J. Puccio

3/4
"Presenta los horrores de la guerra de una manera mucho más sutil que la cinta de Spielberg"  Moviola  Jorge Avila Andrade

10/10
"An intensely internalized portrait of external pandemonium, a slippery, insidiously haunting work of poetry!"  TV Guide's Movie Guide  Maitland McDonagh

3.5/5
"The Thin Red Line would have been infinitely more successful without the frequent rest-stops full of mental malaise and philosophical pretense."  DVDTalk.com  Scott Weinberg

"... one of the richest and lushest films ever to emerge from Hollywood."  Seattle Weekly  Sean Axmaker

3.5/5
Read review  Filmcritic.com  Christopher Null

2/4
Read review  Cinemaphile.org  David Keyes

5/10
Read review  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Dragan Antulov

1.53.5/4
Read review  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Dustin Putman

2/5
Read review  eFilmCritic.com  Erik Childress

4/5
Read review  Netflix  James Rocchi

5/10
Read review  JoBlo's Movie Emporium  JoBlo

2.5/4
Read review  Big Picture Big Sound  Joe Lozito

low +2 out of -4..+4
Read review  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Mark R. Leeper

3/4
Read review  Movie Habit  Marty Mapes

3/10
Read review  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

4/4
Read review  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Michael Dequina

7/10
Read review  Laramie Movie Scope  Robert Roten

7/10
Read review  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Susan Granger

7/10
Read review  Wolf Entertainment Guide  William Wolf

Read review  Philadelphia City Paper  Cynthia Fuchs

Read review  Film Blather  Eugene Novikov

Read review  Montreal Film Journal  Kevin N. Laforest

Read review  Aisle Seat  Mike McGranaghan

Read review  Reeling Reviews  Robin Clifford
OFCS Rating: 74% Fresh
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