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Gods and Generals

2003

Ronald F. Maxwell

Jeff Daniels, Stephen Lang, Robert Duvall, Mira Sorvino ...

5.9

752

War. Action. Drama A sweeping epic charting the early years of the Civil War (1861-1863) and how the campaigns unfolded from Manassas I to the Battle of Fredericksburg, this prequel to the film Gettysburg explores the motivations of the combatants and examines the lives of those who waited at home.

	Author	Review
United States	Stephen Hunter The Washington Post	"One doesn't come away from it with any sense of what the victory cost in human terms."	NEU
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"What the filmmakers fail to recognize is that history on the page is quite different from what it needs to be onscreen, namely alive and visceral. (...) Rating: ★ (out of four)"	NEG

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