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  Review by Thomas McCallum ★★★★ 1

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  "I'm doing this all for my dead wife" - William Wallace, balls deep in the Princess of Wales.

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  Review by DirkH ★★½ 53

  I apologize in advance for coming across as an even bigger pedantic dick than usual, but I just cannot step over this film's fabricated history lesson.

  I know, I know, historical accuracy is always a tricky thing and most films present a romanticised version of events. But this film portrays 'recent' history from a rather well documented time period. And it isn't so much the small things that were changed for cinematic convenience that bother me, it's the big things.

  So it's not the fact that the Scots didn't wear kilts in those days, not did they paint their faces. There are many of those things in it, changed for the audience's understanding. Search the internet and you'll find lists…

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  Review by maria ★★★★½ 4

  EU: *article 13*
  us fellow memers: they may take our lives bUT THEY'LL NEVER TAKE OUR FREEEEEEDOOOOOM!!!

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  Review by Nakul ★★★½ 5

  Braveheart is maybe one of the most historical inaccurate films of all time. Special mention to the Battle of Stirling Bridge being fought in a fucking field. And I had a lot of problems with it this time, but I still found it absolutely captivating and powerful. Mel Gibson directs the shit out of this movie & he's clearly going out of his way to show his passion for film-making and for action in particular. His directorial technique brings an undeniable punch to the battle scenes, which resulted in some of the best battle sequences committed to film.

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  Review by Matt The Snapper ★★★★½

  *Bagpipe music intensifies*

  FREEEEEEEEEEEDOOOOMMM!!!!!!!

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  Review by john ★★★★

  discourse over historical accuracy while i'm just staring at mel gibson's biceps for two and a half hours

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  Review by Mario ★★★★ 5

  I'm just here to see Mel Gibson suffer tbh.

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  Review by Naughty aka Juli Norwood ★★★★★ 6

  Between this film and Avatar I'm just two steps away from tattooing my face blue!

  When I see quality films like this I have to wonder why all films aren't made with the same passion and spirit as this one! While the film played footloose and fancy free with historical facts is of little or no consequence when the end result is a high caliber Epic, of which many (myself included) deem to be a modern day masterpiece!

  Mel and I have the same credo! Go Big or Go Home! Mel didn't stop at Big he went full blown postal and never once looked back! Mel may be a flawed individual (We All Are) but he's one hell of an…

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  Review by Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★ 33

  What a load of shite. Braveheart is pitiful and I feel truly insulted by it. It is so broad and mainstream that it ends up dumb and patronising, treating the audience as fools. Rather than just telling a genuinely fascinating historical story, Braveheart decides its runtime needs to be padded out with moronic comedy, cheesy romances, and one-dimensional heroes and villains. As my brain hadn't dribbled out of my ears before watching I just found Braveheart to be painful. It is a film made for children, because that is the level of historical, political, and social understanding it presents.

  Braveheart is a ridiculous fantasy, where England has subjugated Scotland for decades and has crushed the spirit of the people who…

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  Review by chloe ★★★★

  poor horses :(

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  Review by Andy Summers 🤠 ★★★★½ 7

  Fucking English bastards!

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  Review by Justin Peterson ★★★★★ 11

  There is a point where a film surpasses being just an epic and becomes an iconic masterpiece, and a movie that reaches that pinnacle for me is Mel Gibson's Braveheart.

  From its ruggedly authentic production design, sweeping epic score, brisk pacing, masterful editing/direction in the battle sequences, and gorgeous cinematography ... IMO it all reaches the point of cinematic perfection.

  I have likely seen all or part of this movie at least dozens of times, since it was always my best friend's favorite movie to fall asleep to. Seemed like ever time I would stay over at his house he would pop this in and be asleep by the 45 min mark, leaving me to enjoy all the gritty medieval…