New York MagazineSpielberg has taken us back to basics -- back to art, back to amazement at the film medium itself.
USA TodaySpielberg opens in flashback with a half-hour set piece brilliant enough to climax any other masterpiece.
E! OnlineExcept for the maudlin bookends from the present day that frame the story, Spielberg doesn't over-sentimentalize.
Box Office MagazineWhat ultimately sets Saving Private Ryan apart from its golden age lineage, however, is its unflinchingly brutal depiction o...
San Francisco ChronicleLaunches and climaxes with two of the greatest extended battle sequences ever put on film.
Salon ArtsUsing the overpowering techniques of modern film, Steven Spielberg has cut through the glory-tinged gauze that shrouds World...
ReelViewsFor those who are willing to brave the movie's shocking and unforgettable images, Saving Private Ryan offers a singular moti...
Urban CinefileThe diverse effects that war has on human nature has never been captured with such aching reality.
Los Angeles TimesA powerful and impressive milestone in the realistic depiction of combat, Saving Private Ryan is as much an experience we li...
VarietyNo further commentary is needed when the raw brutality of combat is presented as indelibly as it is here.
Film ThreatNeither wholly condemning war, nor spouting patriotism, Spielberg shows us the price we pay.
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Partial Film Information
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writer: Robert Rodat
Studio: Dreamworks Pictures
Cast: Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore
Release: July 24, 1998
Writer: Robert Rodat
Studio: Dreamworks Pictures
Cast: Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore
Release: July 24, 1998
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