Steven Spielberg's award-winning film is a brutal look at the devastation that war leaves behind, both physically and emotionally. Standouts in the film include Tom Hanks as the seemingly hardened leader, Ed Burns as the cocky New Yorker, and Jeremy Davies as the wanna-be writer who'd rather be carrying a typewriter than a gun. A closing battle nearly matches the opening scene's in impact, and Spielberg concludes matters with a present-tense bookend, as in SCHINDLER'S LIST, that drills the point home.
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Review
Los Angeles Times, 07/24/1998, p.C1, "...A powerful and impressive milestone in the realistic depiction of combat, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN is as much an experience we live through as a film we watch on screen..." Uncut, 12/01/2004, p.184, "[I]t remains a spectacular, unequalled piece of action film-making." New York Times, 07/24/1998, p.E14, "...Soberly magnificent....It is the ultimate devastating letter home..." Box Office, 09/01/1998, p.63, "...Effective the film is, communicating the gruesome nature of combat as few anti-war films ever have..." Movieline's Hollywood Life, 06/01/1999, p.91, "...Unprecedented immediacy [in] the battle scenes....Uniformly superb performances..." Sight and Sound, 09/01/1998, p.34-52, "...Sheer gut-wrenching immediacy....[Spielberg] has come of age as an artist..." Entertainment Weekly, 04/01/2000, pp.159-60, Ranked #3 in Entertainment Weekly's "10 Favorite Films of the '90s" -- "...[A] masterpiece....One soul-shattering experience..."
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Theatrical release: July 24, 1998.
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Director Steven Spielberg's World War II tour de force chronicles the journey of a GI squad on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines. Led by Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks), the unit is under orders to track down a soldier, Private Ryan (Matt Damon), so he might return home to his mother in America, where she is grieving the unimaginable loss of her three other sons to the war. The first unforgettable 20 minutes of SAVING PRIVATE RYAN realistically and horrifically depicts the Normandy invasion as Miller. his second-in-command, Sergeant Horvath (Tom Sizemore), and the others in the unit land at Omaha Beach. Before the film began shooting, Hanks and the actors in his squad went through a one-week boot camp in the woods. All the actors, except Hanks, wanted to quit, but Hanks rallied their spirits by reminding them of the incredible tribulations endured by the real veterans of World War II. Production designer Tom Sanders found a beach in Ireland that perfectly matched the landscape of Normandy's. Spielberg gave great credit to the Irish army who helped re-create the Omaha Beach scenes.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews  Saving Private Ryan Blows Up Real Good!, May 7, 2008
By Frank the Tank
This movie possibly has the best depiction of war ever put on to celluloid.
Steven Spielbergs use of a hand held camera, and the mix of computer generated
and old school special effects, make the viewer feel like they are in the heat
of the battle. I dont mean in the Rambo "whoa! What a cool explosion" kind of
way, but the more authentic "Whoa that was close I better run for cover". And
this is just the first 20 minutes, and it worth the price of admission alone.
This being said there are some moments in the film that are quite forgettable,
and cliched. There are some great performances by Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore and
Barry Pepper. Over all it is a strong movie.
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