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Patton

Oscar™ Best Picture - Winning Movies

Patton

1970

Franklin J. Schaffner

George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Stephen Young, Michael Bates ...

7.2

22,912

War. Drama "Patton" is a three-dimensional bronze bust of World War II field general George S. Patton (George C. Scott) who wrote poetry, fired pistols at strafing fighter planes, and loved America with a lofty and historical zeal. Tracing his personal rivalries with such generals as Rommel and Montgomery, his problematic treatment of his own men, and his nearly runaway contempt for diplomacy, the film triumphs as an enduring portrait of a complex and larger-than-life figure. [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Not a war film so much as the story of a personality who has found the right role to play. Scott's theatricality is electrifying (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"
		Variety	"Perhaps one of the most remarkable of its type ever made (...) The film grabs attention in the gut and won’t let go."
		Vincent Canby The New York Times	"A huge, initially ambivalent but finally adoring, pop portrait of one of the most brilliant and outrageous American military figures of the last 100 years."
		Nathan Rabin AV Club	"'Patton' probably should have fallen apart under the weight of its own contradictions. Instead, like its subject, it's enriched and emboldened by them."
		Alex von Tunzelmann The Guardian	"A remarkably enjoyable - and commendably fair - biopic of an unforgettable character. They don't make many films, or indeed generals, like this any more."
		Phil Hardy Time Out	"As a study of power, neither Coppola's script nor Schaffner's direction are precise enough (...) As an exercise in biography (...) is marvellous"
		David Parkinson Radio Times	"The bedrock of this mammoth drama is the performance in the title role of George C Scott (...) Scott makes this magnificent film unforgettable (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"Patton's personality—conveyed with pointed theatrical flair by George C. Scott—is registered in rich tones of grandeur and megalomania, genius and petty sadism."
		Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune	"George C. Scott's performance (...) is a remarkable feat of acting (...) The movie holds up far better than its detractors guessed -- splendidly, in fact"

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