Rating: 
Summary: Excellent Movie!
Review: This has to be one of my favorite movies of all time. Kevin Costner is wonderful, but it's Elijah Wood who gave an incredible performance, and the young actress who played Elverdeen was amazing. If you like movies with a lot of drama and some comedy, this is it.
Rating: 
Summary: Great Acting - A joy to watch
Review: This is a great film but I feel the story line could of been a bit stronger. I love the cast which includes Mare Winningham, one of my favorites. The times were hard, it is a rough around the edges type of movie with a great ending. The acting is the best especially the parts played by the children.Diane
Rating:
Summary: Great Acting - A joy to watch
Review: This is a great film but I feel the story line could of been a bit stronger. I love the cast which includes Mare Winningham, one of my favorites. The times were hard, it is a rough around the edges type of movie with a great ending. The acting is the best especially the parts played by the children.Diane
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Summary: SOME THINGS ARE WORTH FIGHTING FOR!!!!
Review: This is one of my all-time favorite movies. I have watched it repeated times and I love it more each time I see it. This is a wonderful movie with great performances. Kevin Kostner is wonderful as the "perfect" father and Elijah Wood is great as his son. We come to learn from this movie about life values. We come to know that love is important and that sometimes things are worth fighting for. I recommend this movie to everyone. You will not forget it once you see it!!
Rating:
Summary: They Win this War...
Review: This is the most beautiful and heartbreaking movie I have
ever seen. Elijah Wood and Lexi Randall and all the kids
in the film are amazing, and Kevin Costner gives a perfect
performance with his physical and emotional transformation
as Stephen Simmons. He touchingly elicits all of the reality
of the tragedy in the treatment of Vietnam Veterans, and
his shellshocked, understated portrayal forces the viewer
to step back and take notice. One of Kevin's best acting
pieces, next to A Perfect World, The Untouchables, For the
Love of the Game, and Field of Dreams. A great movie with
great performances.
Rating:
Summary: One of my favorites
Review: This movie is great. It's one of those fun movies you can watch with the whole family. I reccomend it.
Rating:
Summary: A Very Good film
Review: This movie is very under rated. One of Elijah wood`s best performances.
Rating: 
Summary: Overly sentimental and predictable
Review: Wanted to like the movie more, but it is entirely too sentimental, predictable, and pat -- you can watch it and say "Oh, here's where the dad gets to redeem himself" or "Guardian angel talk -- guess one of them will end up dead" or "Aha, the conflict between the kids mirrors the dad's war", and on and on. Got tired of being beat over the head with entirely obvious parallels and symbolisms. Kevin Costner was way too clean-cut and well-dressed to come across as an impoverished Vietnam vet with PTSD. On a more positive note, Elijah Wood was quite good; his southern accent was a lot better than Costner's. And the movie effectively conveys the mood of a hot, rural summer with almost no parental supervision. Note to parents: There's a lot of violence between children in this movie, and one extremely tense scene involving a decrepit water tower. I won't be showing it to my kids (age 3 and 6).
Rating: 
Summary: Entertaining, but Uneven
Review: When I decided to watch "The War" when it was on ABC a few months ago, I have to say I had very high hopes for it. With such a talented cast, and a storyline full of dramatic promise, I was expecting something brilliant. I didn't get it. To be fair, "The War" does have several things going for it, including a talented cast turning in socko performances, and a handful of truly magical moments. However, on the whole, the film seems to lack a basic message. Is this movie about the evil of war, the need for people to get along, faith in the American dream, the bond between a family, or tolerence of people different from you? The film sort of jumps from one to the other, not really giving any of them enough time to make much of an impact on the audience. While not at all bad, "The War" will always be the kind of movie where one will think of what could have been.
Rating:
Summary: Flawed, but still one of my favorites
Review: When I first saw this movie, I remember thinking Elijah Wood is one of the most amazing actors of the times. Even at his age, he was almost upstaging Kevin Costner. I was blown away at his natural talent, and I loved watching him. He has a great way of showing his emotion through his eyes.Although the movie sometimes is overwritten and wordy, for me it never takes away how wonderful it is to watch. The cast does an amazing job with the sometimes too corny script and makes it all work. Definitely one of my all time favorite movies. If you're just in it to watch a good movie, and not get too critical, you're going to adore it. I gave it 5 stars, even though I said it was flawed, because the movie it self makes up for whatever silly flaws were in the script and directing. The actors are amazing, and do a wonderful job with what is given to them
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