A Bridge Too Far; Hadn't seen this one before. Unbelievable All Star cast. Wonder why it's not talked about in history books?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Bridge_Too_Far_(film)
“ Roger Ebert gave the film two out of four and called it "such an exercise in wretched excess, such a mindless series of routine scenes, such a boringly violent indulgence in all the blood and guts and moans they could find, that by the end we're prepared to speculate that maybe Levine went two or even three bridges too far. The movie's big and expensive and filled with stars, but it's not an epic. It's the longest B-grade war movie ever made."[27] Gene Siskel gave the film two-and-a-half out of four and wrote, "More often than not, A Bridge Too Far isn't a story; it's a parade of famous faces. As for the battle footage, it is more often tedious than glamorous. The paratroop landing provides a spectacular five minutes. Other action footage is routine."[28] Vincent Canby of The New York Times stated, "The movie is massive, shapeless, often unexpectedly moving, confusing, sad, vivid and very, very long."[29] John Pym of The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote that "by the end of this extravagant film, we have a fair idea of the who-did-what logistics of a costly military operation. The root problem with A Bridge Too Far, however, is that the top-heavy complement of stars never allows for any focus of attention."
The movie also got some good critical reviews. From Wikipedia:
"However, not all reaction was negative. Charles Champlin of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "In strictly cinematic terms, the appeal of A Bridge Too Far is easy to state: it is spectacular in the size and range of its effects, earnestly well-acted by a starry and able cast, well-paced and swift despite its length, and marked by an evident attempt to give the balanced truth of a tragic episode from history."[31] Gary Arnold of The Washington Post called it "an unusually conscientious and impressive war epic" that justified its high budget "in terms of careful period recreation, visual spectacle (the sequences depicting paratroop landings are particularly awesome), the mixture of exciting combat episodes with vivid human interest vignettes, an effort to establish a coherent, many-faceted view of a complicated and ill-fated military adventure, and a generally superior level of filmmaking intelligence and craftsmanship."
My guess is it's one of those movies that was better received by movie fans than the critics.
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