Review of Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) by Nate G — 12 Apr 2012
Although, not a bad movie, Slaughterhouse Five does not live up to the greatness of the book, by any means. I know that is the cliche thing to say, but thats the truth of the matter. The movie has a lot of things to enjoy, such as the intriguing idea of the story, and the uniqueness of the protagonist.
The best part of the movie is the way it did a good job of portraying the anti-war aspect of the novel. I think the area that this movie missed, was the lack of narration. The narration of the book is what made it so great, and this movie almost entirely lacked that aspect.
Without it, I'm not sure the film could be totally comprehensible to a viewer who hasn't read the book. All in all though, the acting was decent and it wasn't a bad compliment to the book.
It just doesn't seem to have a lot of power to stand alone.
This review of Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) was written by Nate G on 12 Apr 2012.
Slaughterhouse-Five has generally received positive reviews.
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