Born On The Fourth Of July
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- Synopsis
- The second of three films by co-writer/director Oliver Stone to explore the effects of the Vietnam War (Platoon and Heaven and Earth are the others), Born On The Fourth Of July tells the true story of Ron Kovic (Tom Cruise), a patriotic, All-American ......
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- Director(s)
- Oliver Stone
- Distributor(s)
- Universal
- MPAA Rating
- Not Yet Rated
- Runtime
- 145 min.
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Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
Nothing Cruise has done will prepare you for what he does in Born on the Fourth of July. His performance is so good that the movie lives through it. Stone is able to make his statement with Cruise's face and voice and doesn't need to put everything into the dialogue.Read the full review
Rolling Stone | Peter TraversAdd Critic to Favorites
But Stone has found in Cruise the ideal actor to anchor the movie with simplicity and strength. Together they do more than show what happened to Kovic. Their fervent, consistently gripping film shows why it still urgently matters.Read the full review
The New York Times | Vincent CanbyAdd Critic to Favorites
It is a film of enormous visceral power with, in the central role, a performance by Tom Cruise that defines everything that is best about the movie.Read the full review
