Review of The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) by Philip Roth for The New Republic — 13 Mar 2001
Despite the thinness of the final gesture, The Bridge remains an engrossing and stirring movie. Amazingly, it allows an American to feel patriotic about the British, and that is because it is not, thank God, patriotic about patriotism.
Rather it represents the limitations of moral and national passion is well as its glories, and consequently makes patriotism, courage, and pride human possibilities.
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This review of The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) was written by Philip Roth and published by The New Republic on 13 Mar 2001.
The Bridge on the River Kwai has generally received very positive reviews.
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