- Release Date: 1999
- Runtime: 170 min
- Genre: Action, Drama, War
- Starring: Kirk Acevedo, Penelope Allen, Benjamin Green, Simon Billig ... see all
- Director: Terrence Malick
- Plot: In World War II, the outcome of the battle of Guadalcanal will strongly influence the Japanese's advance into the pacific. A group of young soldiers is brought in as a... Read more
User Reviews
the thin red line
Oct 22, 2008
saad20051989 - yahoo.com
Oct 22, 2008saad20051989 - yahoo.com
nice look to the worldwar2 with the gruesome image in that time although the movie lack the powerful war spirit and the battle scene but also it was good and express the message that Malick wanted to send it slowly and... Full review
What is the message of this film?
Jul 20, 2008
vishalsharmamd - yahoo.com
Jul 20, 2008vishalsharmamd - yahoo.com
After seeing the Thin Red Line, I was left pondering this question. The demonstration of the sheer destruction that war brings about in humanity I believe is the point of this film both with respect to the mind and the body,... Full review
This movie deserves these grades!
Jul 03, 2008
h1234dersmith - yahoo.com
Jul 03, 2008h1234dersmith - yahoo.com
Saying that "The Thin Red Line" was the greatest movie of 1998 is probably the truth. Sean Penn did an outstanding job acting and the story line is amazing! This movie definatly deserves the grades given!... Full review
worst war movie all time
Jul 03, 2008
grimaldi_mercury - yahoo.com
Jul 03, 2008grimaldi_mercury - yahoo.com
this movie was so long and boring. acting, directing, story was horrible. the war is worst not interesting. i don't like this movie. why they made this movie? this is was worst war movie ever made!!!!!!! Seven academy awards for worst... Full review
The Thin Red Line
Apr 02, 2008
theloganator66 - yahoo.com
Apr 02, 2008theloganator66 - yahoo.com
No war film has touched me like this film. The only is Flags of Our Fathers. Though this film is not action packed and over-glorified in blood and gore like Saving Private Ryan, it has more emotion to it than the... Full review
Evocative-depending how you look at it.
Apr 02, 2008
ripley_the_goat - yahoo.com
Apr 02, 2008ripley_the_goat - yahoo.com
OK, here's the real deal: this movie isn't for everyone. Either you'll find it to be brillant or you'll want to kick yourself for spending the 3 bucks to rent it and the 2 and a half hours to watch it.... Full review
The Thin Red Line disappoints
Mar 06, 2008
samuraifa451 - yahoo.com
Mar 06, 2008samuraifa451 - yahoo.com
Most people who lived in the 1990's remember the infamous WWII clash of 1998. There were two big movies: Saving Private Ryan and The Thin Red Line. Some preferred Saving Private Ryan while others preferred The Thin Red Line and there... Full review
...A +
Dec 17, 2007
raafology - yahoo.com
Dec 17, 2007raafology - yahoo.com
THE THIN RED LINE, communicated using the language of the heart. i can not discribe how much i love this film, it is a truely unique art work. one of the greatest war films along with Apocalypse Now and Full Metal... Full review
Mistake
Oct 09, 2007
bjfrapples - yahoo.com
Oct 09, 2007bjfrapples - yahoo.com
Was a major mistake to release this movie so close to Saving Private Ryan. They were not even on the same level. Just could not get into the characters in this movie.... Full review
Hmmmm, decent.
Sep 26, 2007
luzarius - yahoo.com
Sep 26, 2007luzarius - yahoo.com
A decent war movie. Lots of dialogue and boring poetry that isn't very good. The movie plays out like a nature special you would see on the discovery channel. Decent battles. Just a decent movie.... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Dec 21, 2006Time Out
'All things shining,' to quote from Terrence Malick's earlier 'The Thin Red Line' ; yes, transcendental (and transcendent) cinema lives on, in the safe if misunderstood and underappreciated hands of Hollywood's most mystical and magical filmmaker.
The Pocahontas story gives rise to a rapturous meditation on notions of paradises of various kinds lost and found.
... Full Review
| Oct 19, 2005Indiantelevision.com, India
Arizona Republic "The Thin Red Line is an epic aestheticization of World War II, a movie at once bold and baffling, immediate and abstract.
Watch an all-star cast, including George Clooney, John Cusack and Sean Penn the epic war movie The Thin Red Line on Saturday, October 22, 2005 at 9:00 p.m.
... Full Review
| May 08, 2005Bigpicturebigsound.com, NY
It would seem that the battle for "greatest war movie of all time" has become worthy of a war movie all its own.
Thin Red Line" is in good company in the latter category in which "Apocalypse Now" still reigns supreme.
... Full Review
| May 20, 2003DVD Talk
The Thin Red Line is very well-regarded by the Malick fans out there....the "existential angst" material bogs down what is otherwise a stunningly directed and intense war movie.....Basically, when The Thin Red Line sticks to the battlefields, it's an absolutely excellent film.....The Thin Red Line would have been infinitely more successful without the frequent rest-stops full of mental malaise and philosophical pretense.....But when it comes to the brains and the oh-so-weighty ponderings of the soul, the mo ... Full Review
| Aug 15, 2000The Trades
Anyway, The Thin Red Line is my favorite film from 1998.
I liked the film because it overcame these lies.
I decided to rent a flick that stood out for me as one of the best films on disc yet.
... Full Review
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2009-02-20
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How many deaths have to happen in war - psychological and mortal - until we know it's too many?
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2008-03-28
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2007-11-26
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The Storytellers of War
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2007-06-11
Most war stories are very similar to one another in that they depict the tragedy and horror of war and death. Such is the case with Twain's War Prayer, Salinger's A Perfect Day for Bananafish, and Terrence Malick's The Thin... ... Full Article
"A film to be cherished."
rottentomatoes.com –
2006-06-08
This is the retelling of the Pocahontas story (don't expect things to be factually correct, as it shoots to explore ideas instead), the first American for all intensive purposes, which is the beginning saga of the genocidal American history and... ... Full Article

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