Gods and Generals
DramaHistoryWar
6.3/10
|US
|en
|219 min
Release Date: 2003-02-21
Overview - The film centers mostly around the personal and professional life of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, a brilliant if eccentric Confederate general, from the outbreak of the American Civil War until its halfway point.
Production Companies
Turner PicturesAntietam FilmworksEsparza / Katz ProductionsNeufeld/Rehme ProductionsMace Neufeld Productions
User Reviews
Mark Rushow
4/10
It is too afraid of reality to depict truths. Rather it hides behind a facade of being artistically 'old filmy' in styling; as too paint the whole in the romanticised vision (whitewash) held by those that love the idea of the Civil War. It was rather unbearable to say the least.
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Wuchak
8/10
***Way better than "Gettysburg"*** Even though I love the Civil War I waited a full six and a half years before catching the prequel "Gods and Generals" (2003). Why? Because 1993's "Gettysburg" was so unimpressive. While "Gettysburg" has some worthwhile scenes it was merely okay on a whole, and sometimes downright tedious. How the filmmakers made the Civil War's biggest battle boring (generally...
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