Fresh
Probably the best thing you can say about We Were Soldiers is that it does justice to an awful conflict.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
We Were Soldiers
Father, Husband, Brother. No Man is Just a Soldier.
2002 · 2h 18m · R
Action, History, War
Directed by
Randall Wallace
Overview
The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.
Director and cast
- Randall Wallace Director
- Mel Gibson as Lt. Col. Hal Moore
- Greg Kinnear as Maj. Bruce 'Snake' Crandall
- Madeleine Stowe as Julie Moore
- Sam Elliott as Sgt. Maj. Basil Plumley
- Chris Klein as 2nd Lt. Jack Geoghegan
- Keri Russell as Barbara Geoghegan
- Barry Pepper as Joe Galloway
- Clark Gregg as Capt. Tom Metsker
- Marc Blucas as 2nd Lt. Henry Herrick
- Jsu Garcia as Capt. Tony Nadal
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
63%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The Vietnam setting looks authentic enough, but the action is as inert and unpersuasive as Gibson's attempt to fashion Bill Mauldin poetry out of his $20-million-plus smirk.
Manohla Dargis, L.A. Weekly
Fresh
Makes you cry for the hundreds of thousands of men and women who died so pointlessly with Geoghegan. And their orphans.
David Edelstein, Slate
Fresh
As I settled into my World War II memories, I found myself strangely moved by even the corniest and most hackneyed contrivances.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Rotten
After suffering through We Were Soldiers, I think I've seen all the war movies I care to endure for quite some time.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
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