Passchendaele
4.44/5
Based on 16118 votes and 263 reviews.
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December 31, 2008
With Passchendale Paul Gross managed do with $20 million what it took Spielberg $80 million to do in Saving Private Ryan. This is by far one of the best Canadian film I have ever seen.
December 29, 2008
7 out of 5....enough said.
December 27, 2008
FABULOUS MOVIE! One of the best war movies of all time. Paul Gross was excellent in this movie and it is one that we would see again. Totally worth the money for a ticket to watch. Will definitely purchase when it is out on DVD. It was also good to see Canadian content: made in Canada, about Canadians and gives a good sense of Canadian history.
December 21, 2008
Hi: My Father won the Military Medal at Passchendaele, with a Toronto Regiment, the 4th CMR's. He was a Sergeant. Although the movie was good, it was not as my Father depicted it to me. Again, I enjoyed the movie. Stan
December 15, 2008
Gross showed great promise with his first feature (Men With Brooms) but I'm afraid he's out of his element here.
December 15, 2008
Boring,long and incomprehensible. There were some good battle scenes and a great look at the muck interspersed with a tedious and melodramtic love story and some insane, goofy plotting. What was the point of the villainous british recruiter, who followed Paul to France ,after he'd recruited him.... because??? Some fuzzy motivation for his silly vendetta. Worth seeing. Some beautiful Alberta scenery. Paul needed someone else to rein him in. It's a shame.
December 12, 2008
Finally a Canadian film by Canadians for Canadians. Great work Paul Gross. ... M
December 7, 2008
This is a film every Canadian should see. Paul Gross should be commended for his amazing effort in bringing this tragic story to the attention of the film world. I'm a Pacifist and this film confirms my belief that War succeeds in nothing but pain, horror, destruction and death but it seems we will never learn this lesson as Aphganistan proves.
December 3, 2008
Fantastic...Fantastic...Fantastic!!! Loved seeing a war epic with "Canada" on the shoulder patches of the soldiers. Canada has given so much in effort sacrifice in both world wars and Korea, but is nearly completely overlooked in cinema. "The Longest Day" barely mentions Juno beach, and "A Bridge Too Far" snubs the contribution of Canada to the success of Operation Market Garden in the Battle of the Scheldt . It's about time an epic was made heralding a Canadian contribution.
December 1, 2008
Why isn't there an option for giving it zero stars? This was, perhaps, the worst movie I've ever seen. Paul Gross is an able actor and certainly has passion for the subject, but this film was a hokey, amateurish effort from beginning to end. The dialogue will have you rolling your eyes and there was absolutely no pathos in the whole thing. This kind of film is the reason why Canadian film gets such a bad rap. It deserves it. Bad casting, sloppy story, painfully ridiculous dialogue, scenes directly reminiscent of Saving Private Ryan, religious symbolism that was way, way over the top - I was actually embarrassed for Paul Gross. He showed this to people? While he was actually in the audien