Saving Private Ryan
July 1998
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Paul Tatara
Spielberg accomplishes these goals with a technical virtuosity that no other director, arguably in the history of the cinema, can even approach.
Jay Carr
Saving Private Ryan is the war movie to end all war movies. It's the ultimate combat film, far outdistancing what until now had been the genre's World War II classics.
Jay Boyar
The cast functions as an effective and believable unit. And Hanks gives a strong, increasingly solemn performance as its mysterious leader.
Joe Morgenstern
Dramatic lapses notwithstanding, Saving Private Ryan goes beyond technical dazzlement to put a new, indelibly terrible face on war.
Desmond Ryan
Anyone who would like to know what superb filmmaking is all about need look no further than this overpowering movie.
A Google User
The best Unforgetable Movie They did very good job on making this film. Making the world know how unforgetable this War is to anyone who lost their lives or family in this war. Best movie ever!
Critic reviews
Paul Tatara
Spielberg accomplishes these goals with a technical virtuosity that no other director, arguably in the history of the cinema, can even approach.
Jay Carr
Saving Private Ryan is the war movie to end all war movies. It's the ultimate combat film, far outdistancing what until now had been the genre's World War II classics.
Jay Boyar
The cast functions as an effective and believable unit. And Hanks gives a strong, increasingly solemn performance as its mysterious leader.
Joe Morgenstern
Dramatic lapses notwithstanding, Saving Private Ryan goes beyond technical dazzlement to put a new, indelibly terrible face on war.
Desmond Ryan
Anyone who would like to know what superb filmmaking is all about need look no further than this overpowering movie.
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The best Unforgetable Movie They did very good job on making this film. Making the world know how unforgetable this War is to anyone who lost their lives or family in this war. Best movie ever!
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Saving Private Ryan Man! This is a undescribable war film! The best world war 2 film today!!! Made in 1998 and is still better than the newer ones... And great rent price! I should get it and watch it with my friends!!! Even though ive already seen it, it is the best war movie! Better than full metal jacket... And this movie has more action than call of duty 1,2,3 and world at war! Way to go! Love it! Steven Stielberg is great!
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One of the greatest ww2 movie ever This movie is truly amazing. Great cast, the great Tom Hanks and Tom Siezmore along with Vin Diesel, Matt Damon, Paul Giamantii, and other notable cast members. This is a movie that all from our younger generation that know less and less about what took place on D-Day, and ww2 as a whole. It really puts Normandy in perspective and helps us to see the horror of the war in a way that most never know. War is always bad, but there is a great difference in wars in modern times and what took place in Normandy.
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Greatest Movie EVER! It seems as if people have forgotten how unforgiving and cold-hearted the second World War was. A lot of movies show war as a love story, they are wrong. "Saving Private Ryan" depicts World War ll perfectly. This and "Lone Surviver" were the only movies ever that made me cry. The story of true brotherly love is heart warming, but also reminds you how gruesome the war was. In my mind, it is the greatest movie ever.
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For those who have fallen Thank you america for saving us ! My grand father was a 10 years old child in 1944. A french little boy in the north not far from normandie. He was shot in the leg but he was transported in an american hospital. I'm happy to be here and laugh with him by the table in his beautiful house near Paris.
Cast and credits
Actors | Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore, Jeremy Davies, Vin Diesel |
Producers | Steven Spielberg, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, Gary Levinsohn |
Director | Steven Spielberg |
Writers | Steven Spielberg |
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169 minutes
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