To me, this movie is perfection.

Pretty Good

Don't Believe the Hype

Absolutely Fantastic

The patriot is an excellent film both on the side of the cast and on the plot, which hides a very deep meaning behind the protagonist (Mel Gibson). I strongly recommend seeing it to everyone. good vision :)

For a so-called historical drama, 'The Patriot' seems to care a lot less about presenting the facts and reality of the events of the American Revolution and more about smearing the British through lies and deception. Not only are the events portrayed in this film misleading and historically inaccurate, but some are completely fabricated. In one scene, for example, a British soldier burns a church full of Americans to the ground, something that never happened during the revolution.Presenting these events in a fictional context would be bad enough, but including them in what's supposed to be a true and accurate historic account is dangerous. It's also completely unnecessary, what exactly was Mel Gibson trying to achieve by distorting the truth, other than to vilify British soldiers? Unfortunately, Gibson's political bias shone through in this film, which is a great shame because it had potential.

Set in the time before America got its independence from Great Britain.It baffled me that back in that era the way they fight in a war is just to stand there and wait to get shot. Just seems stupid to me.Anyway emotional film Mel Gibson was great could really feel his pain, Heath Ledger was obviously brilliant still can't believe he's dead. Little DC connection in the film while I'm talking about Heath, Heath Ledger played the Joker and also in the film is Donal Logue who plays Harvey Bullock in Gotham. A very young Logan Lerman is in this and a young Skye McCole which her don't go poppa scene when you see her filling up and her emotions building up brought a tear to my eye. Chris Coopers in this too and he's good in what ever he does top quality actor. Roland Emmerich directs another good film and Robert Rodat writes another good screenplay. Tough to watch at times but that's what went on back then and you can't believe it. Brilliant film FairPlay.

If we could only preserve one film about the American Revolution, I would nominate this film. I know some here rant about historical inaccuracies, but I'm not sure merely the facts really tell the story of what I think is most important -- but not always as visual as is needed for a motion picture. There are many ways to tell the story of the American Revolution. Non-fiction. Fiction. Biographies. Film. All (and more) tell a part of the story. And the important story that this film tells is of sacrifice for country. I can read casualty reports, but numbers don't tell that story as well as personal accounts or even fictional accounts. So some of you could dwell in your boring history texts and argue over tiny maneuvers on battlefields (and I've probably visited as many Revolutionary War battlefields as almost any of you), but I'll take human stories...even if they are just stories.I was a little sad watching this film because I was reminded of what a fine actor Mel Gibson WAS. Not really one of my favorites, although he rarely let a film audience down. Don't misunderstand me. All of his troubles were a result of his own actions and words, and for that I have no sympathy. But still, he turned in a number of memorable performances in his acting career.Mel Gibson's acting here is excellent. Perhaps the best of his career, although "The Year Of Living Dangerously" is another favorite of mine.For my money, this is Heath Ledger's best film, as well. What a shame he left us so soon. Tom Wilkinson is excellent -- as always -- as Lord Cornwallis.I'm not going to single out the child actors, but they were all very good.Jason Isaacs is excellent as the most-hated Brit in the story. Chris Cooper is very good in his small but important role as a Continental Army colonel. Tchéky Karyo is interesting French officer. René Auberjonois, as the pastor, over-acted, as usual.So, sit back. Forget the textbook stuff about the Revolutionary War and just enjoy a finely written and performed and filmed story that is dedicated to sacrifice.