Review of The English Patient (1996) by Adrian B — 26 Jan 2012
A British World War II soldier (Ralph Fiennes) is critically injured and defaced after his plane is shot down by rebels across the Egyption desert. He is found barely alive by Egyptians and then transported to a makeshift hospital in Italy and cared for by a young female soldier (Juliette Binoche) in an abandoned house.
It is there where he re-collects that past several years in Northern Africa, and the love of his life (Kristin Scott Thomas) and his life during World War II. Long and flabby at points, compelling at others, "The English Patient" is an epic, not spectacular one but still watchable.
The acting is mainly well done, best by Kristin Scott Thomas, Colin Firth, and Willem Dafoe. Sort of in the same league as "Gandhi" and "Lawrence of Arabia," all Best Picture winning epics but not great films nor the best film of their years.
Only good enough.
This review of The English Patient (1996) was written by Adrian B on 26 Jan 2012.
The English Patient has generally received very positive reviews.
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