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6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100EmpireEmpireA 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.
- 100TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineDirector Weir and cinematographer Russell Boyd's re-creation of the invasion and battle action is stunning, but what makes Gallipoli such an affecting film is its intimate presentation of the friendship between Archy and Frank (wonderfully essayed by Lee and Gibson).
- 80The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe 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.
- 80VarietyVarietyPeter Weir's Gallipoli tackles a legend in human terms and emerges as a highly entertaining drama on a number of levels, none of them inaccessible to anyone unfamiliar with the actual events.
- 50TimeRichard SchickelTimeRichard SchickelWell acted and, within its limited terms, well made, Gallipoli represents a failure of nerve as well as design.
- 40Chicago ReaderDave KehrChicago ReaderDave KehrClassy and lifeless - a prettily photographed, heavily directed antiwar film.