“If all you want is a rousing, patriotic holiday experience with Mel in good form (and why not?), this is a far better bet than passing out on Bloody Marys at your neighbor's cookout”

- Mike Clark

“[L]ong, empty and bogus”

- Mick LaSalle

The Patriot

Revenge tale with Mel Gibson as a widowed American farmer drawn into the American Revolution when his son is killed by a British Colonel. Joely Richardson, Jason Isaacs, Tchéky Karyo, Trevor Morgan, Bryan Chafin, Heath Ledger, Chris Cooper, Rene Auberjonois, Lisa Brenner, Adam Baldwin, Tom Wilkinson. Director: Roland Emmerich (2000, R)