hyped garbage

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Blistering performances.

This is probably one of the worst war films I have ever had the misfortune to watch. Its my fault really; I took a chance buying the DVD before reading any reviews. Nowhere on the case did it state that it was a French film, (nothing wrong with that!) or it had English subtitles, (nothing wrong with that either)! The problem is that this apology for a warfilm substitutes American 82nd Airborne troops with second rate French actors, and expects the viewer to make the mental leap necessary for this film to be credible. Unfortunately I found this prospect impossible. Add a poor storyline and, as I said, second rate acting and all of the weapons sounding the same; what you end up with is a total waste of time. AVOID THIS FILM LIKE THE PLAGUE!