Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.
Braveheart has a gut-wrenching, bone-breaking, sword-thwacking verve.
– Anthony Puccinelli,
Chicago Reader,
24 Feb 2014
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Mel Gibson throws his whole heart into a role. No one acts with more conviction, and his errors are honest ones.
– Jay Boyar,
Orlando Sentinel,
24 Feb 2014
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In addition to staging battle scenes well, Gibson also manages to recreate the filth and mood of 700 years ago.
– Gene Siskel,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb 2014
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A lavish, entertaining spectacle full of manly men, dastardly villains, rousing battles and women who easily see Mel's hero potential through all that messy hair.
– Jami Bernard,
New York Daily News,
24 Feb 2014
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As the star of the new, epic-scaled Braveheart, Gibson celebrates yet another man of selfless valor. And as its director, he displays some daring of his own.