Glory is, without question, one of the best movies ever made about the American Civil War.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
23 Jan 2003
fresh:
This is a good, moving, complicated film.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
A pretty watchable and always interesting period film, well photographed by English cinematographer Freddie Francis.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
9 Feb 2007
fresh:
A stirring and long overdue tribute to the black soldiers who fought for the Union cause in the Civil War.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
5 Jun 2008
fresh:
It is the movie's often awesome imagery and a bravely soaring choral score by James Horner that transfigure the reality, granting it the status of necessary myth.