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Though well-made, with an all-star international cast, A BRIDGE TOO FAR's ambition gets the better of it, with a result that is far from satisfying. Sir Richard Attenborough's direction, along with William Goldman's script fails in the end to deliver an engrossing and dynamic story. It's big alright, and features a lot of big names...yet with such a large cast of characters, it's hard to connect to any one of of them. The story in itself is a great one, yet A BRIDGE TOO FAR does not make the impact that it should...

This is a story you will tell your grandchildren; and mightily bored they'll be.
-Lt. General Horrocks

The only other film I can think of that has a cast of stars this huge playing bit parts is JFK. The difference being there's no clear star in this film, although it felt like Sean Connery had the most screen time which is just fine by me.

I find movies like this fascinating. It's based on a real operation during WWII and to sum it up I guess it's an example of what happens when you have too many cogs in the machine. The operation is quite simple and complicated all at once. Sure they didn't really need Elliott Gould and Robert Redford in those bit parts, but they are and I enjoyed it.

Voltak benne jó részek, az elején picit nehezen indult el, illetve nem értettem, hogy sok történeti szál miért nem lett jobban kibontva, és vártam volna azt is, hogy Connery bemos egyet Bogarde-nak.

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An unbelievably talented cast but way, way too long - trying to tell too many stories. The first half of the movie is really solid in setting the scene and introducing everybody but somewhere along the way, probably due to needed cuts, several story lines (of which there are too many) get lost in the shuffle.

Bélico soso y eternizante que sólo lo medio salvan los técnicos y un desaprovechado cast estelar.

why this passed me by i don't know, yet for some reason im glad. Wether you like it or not CGI is a staple of current cinema. when the screen is full of planes or people the camera will now sweep in long takes using unnatural angles. Yet when its done for real like this film it gives a sense of realism that makes your jaw just drop and your heart to skip a little. Will we ever see scale and spectacle like it again? i think not but there is hope...

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History, War, WWII

Good cast. Well made but drags a bit.