
The futility and irony of the war in the trenches in WWI is shown as a unit commander in the French army must deal with the mutiny of his men and a glory-seeking general after part of his force falls back under fire in an impossible attack.... (Full plot summary below)
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The futility and irony of the war in the trenches in WWI is shown as a unit commander in the French army must deal with the mutiny of his men and a glory-seeking general after part of his force falls back under fire in an impossible attack.
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| ToxicUniverse.comJeremiah KippThis is not only one of our greatest anti-war films, this is a movie for all time. |
| VarietyVariety StaffWhile the subject is well handled and enacted in a series of outstanding characterizations, it seems dated and makes for grim screen fare. |
| The SkinnyTom GrieveHigh on tension, low on fat and fully deserving of its reputation as one of the finest war films ever made. |
| Q Network Film DeskJames Kendrickwatching it is to watch the birth of the one of the greatest filmmakers of the second half of the 20th century |
| Cinema SightWesley LovellStanley Kubrick often spoke out against war in his film, using violence as a weapon against the audience's sensibilities. Never was he more convincing as here. |
| Total FilmPhilip KempThe scenes of trench warfare are frighteningly vivid, and Kirk Douglas gives a searing performance as the officer assigned to the hopeless task of defending the three men. |
| GuardianPeter BradshawIt is arguably the best film about the first world war, and still has a reasonable claim to being Stanley Kubrick's best film. |
| Radio TimesDavid ParkinsonKirk Douglas and Timothy Carey are outstanding among the troops on the front line, while Kubrick's relentlessly probing camera offers constant evidence of a film-maker at the height of his powers. |
| Independent (UK)Geoffrey MacnabA reminder both of [Kubrick's] extraordinary formal virtuosity and his powers as a satirist. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonHardly a flattering portrait of the military machine, Paths of Glory suggests a soldier’s best hope often is to survive the chaos that his or her own army causes. |