
The story of a group of young Australian men who leave their various backgrounds behind and sign up to join the ANZACs in World War I. They are sent to Gallipoli, where they encounter the resolute Turkish army.... (Full plot summary below)
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The story of a group of young Australian men who leave their various backgrounds behind and sign up to join the ANZACs in World War I. They are sent to Gallipoli, where they encounter the resolute Turkish army.
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| EmpireIan NathanA haunting and moving tribute to the Australians who sacrificed their lives in WWI against not the Germans but the Turks at the lesser sung battle of Gallipoli from the assured hand of Peter Weir. |
| The New York TimesJanet MaslinMr. Weir's work has a delicacy, gentleness, even wispiness that would seem not well suited to the subject. And yet his film has an uncommon beauty, warmth and immediacy, and a touch of the mysterious, too. |
| TimeRichard SchickelWell acted and, within its limited terms, well made, Gallipoli represents a failure of nerve as well as design. |
| Chicago ReaderDave KehrClassy and lifeless - a prettily photographed, heavily directed antiwar film. |
| User ReviewSpangleReally good film. The acting is great throughout and the direction is phenomenal. It is as tragic as one might expect and certainly leaves you wondering about the point of war and if allowing these young men to do actually has some kind of positive impact. Top notch war film. |
| User ReviewJLuis_001Accessible, taking into consideration my lack of knowledge of the events unfolding on screen, though its strengths lie more in the visual and musical work. Impressive, just not spectacular as I'd heard. |
| User ReviewstevekmAn hour TV show that became a movie with an extra hour of backstory. OK, this is 1915 and communications are almost nonexistent on the battlefield so mistakes are made and men become cannon fodder. As military historians say, generals fight the present war the way they fought the last war, in this case, trench warfare with human wave charges. |
| User ReviewTyranianPretty good film with good acting and music though its a bit anticlimactic. |
| User ReviewOfficialWell, "Gallipoli" isn't terrible, but it is not terrific. It does have some really good powerful acting at times, but I honestly did not like the soundtrack one bit. The design of the film is pretty bad too. |