Patton remains one of the great war films for the fact that it can be conceived and both patriotic and anti-war in its delivery.

| Jun 14, 2023

It could, of course, be a very smart liberal ploy to make Patton a monster-man among mice, but it backfires by turning him into a hero.

| Jul 29, 2022

Patton is one of the most brilliant one-man film shows ever produced.

| Feb 10, 2022

One of the greatest war movies ever made.

| Original Score: 10/10 | Aug 30, 2020

If he were to return in a Hollywood guise, Patton would just have to come back as George C. Scott. For Scott is Patton incarnate in a superb acting performance that rescues the film from some of Schaffner's more pedestrian directing devices.

| Jan 27, 2020

True, we learn to hate Patton's guts, but we also learn to understand the pragmatic magnetism that caused his men to follow him anywhere.

| Jan 15, 2020

Naturally... we see all sides of Patton, but are exposed only to the more shallow surfaces of the other characters.

| Jan 14, 2020

George C. Scott makes for such an unstoppably watchable Patton that... he makes every single onscreen moment feels like the most vital thing you have ever seen in a movie.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Mar 1, 2015

I'd like to pin four stars on each shoulder of George C. Scott for his perspective characterization of the military genius, the controversial man.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 22, 2015

The movie's vision blurs the man and, incidentally, the just war around him.

| Feb 22, 2015

Combining blimpish bluster with moments of monstrous ego and unexpected humanity, Scott makes this magnificent film unforgettable.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Feb 21, 2014

Although I have sometimes complained about the length of movies, I wouldn't begrudge a single minute from Patton's nearly three hour running time.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 15, 2013

It's certainly a great performance from Scott, a seamless, pity-free portrayal.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 15, 2013

George C. Scott's performance cannot be praised highly enough for capturing both the violence and the vulnerability of the Patton personality without degenerating either into vulgar caricature or cardboard sentimentality.

| Feb 6, 2013

George C. Scott's intuitive, powerhouse performance paints a complex picture of a steadfast soldier that believed firmly in reincarnation, colorful language, and the glories of war.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 9, 2012

Scott is extraordinary -- intense, brazen, passionate.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 14, 2009

A bio-epic on the order of Lawrence of Arabia, Patton is a smart, even-handed, fully realized historical film. [Blu-Ray]

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jun 2, 2008

Superb telling of WWII General George Patton, brilliantly played by George C. Scott.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | May 22, 2008

It's Scott's virtuoso performance that carries the film.

| Original Score: B+ | Mar 7, 2008

War is hell, and Patton is one hell of a war picture, perhaps one of the most remarkable of its type ever made.

| Feb 19, 2008