Regeneration

This is hardly the job of a shrink and the movie is maddeningly short on explaining why Sassoon's problem is treated as medical. Good cast boosts WWI drama But "Regeneration' is finally ambivalent about warfare ... Full Review

So Pryce is identified with extremely theatrical characters to which he brings a sharp sense of irony -- neither of which applies to the military psychiatrist he so sympathetically plays in ``Regeneration. John Neville makes a vivid impression in his one scene as a respected psychiatrist sought out by Rivers. ... Full Review

By KEVIN THOMAS TIMES STAFF WRITER August 13, 1998 Friday August 14, 1998 "Regeneration" is as bleak as it is thoughtful, a traditional-style Scottish-British-Canadian production with polished dialogue and superlative performances. Indeed, "Regeneration," which has been called a cerebral "Saving Private Ryan," includes terrible scenes of warfare, which haunt not only Sassoon but others at Craiglockart. ... Full Review

The actors aren't to blame for the film's failure to keep the audience engaged; all of them appear willing and able to take their characters a step further. Mackinnon and his screenwriter, Allan Scott, deserve kudos for taking on the complex issue of post-war mental trauma without falling prey to the cheap melodrama that would mark a television movie-of-the-week. ... Full Review

What can one say about a film that is anti-war, anti-violence, anti-politician, anti-class stratification, anti-insensitive doctors, anti-sadistic medical practices, anti-hypocrisy, anti-anti-Semitism and pro-poetry?Well, in the case of "Regeneration," one could note that a serviceable plot might have helped. ... Full Article