AntioneOscar69
10Jun11
Very true, and cheers to Ornette Coleman!
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Riley Jessett
14Mar12
The greatest war film I've seen, and the most intimate I've felt with a pre-1950's production.
Marie Petrogianis
7Mar12
Most of the sequences are just remarkably perfect, in terms of filming and acting. Lots of tenderness towards the end.
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A.J. Hakari
16Apr11
One of the first and greatest of anti-war films. Characters and themes established firmly without being forced down your throat. An absolute pro at what it sets out to accomplish.
Thomas Frovin
30Jan11
Beautiful and simple, this really is a triumphant and incredibly sad ode to humanity. You watch the film with some form of joy, and in the end the rather devastating conclusion is that we have learned absolutely nothing.
Anton Williams
13Oct10
"Good night" - "Good night" - "Good night" - "Good night" - "Good morning" - "Good morning"
Th MZA
23Aug10
"Pour un homme du peuple c'est terrible de mourir à la guerre. Pour vous et moi, c'est une bonne solution." -- which the version streaming on N'flix translated as, "For a commoner, dying in a war is a tragedy. But for you and me, it's a good way out." What I want to know is -- a way out of what? A solution to what? Extra star for submitting/admitting that war's prime directive is to reshuffle class structure.
JP. Schmidt
5May10
I'm unsure why I put this off for so long ... It was worth my forced wait ... and Renoir really seems to understand the human being more that I may ever dream to. I thank you for this film Renoir, I thank you.
kirkgremlin
20Dec09
one of the best films about war, along with all quiet on the western front. makes you wonder what all the fuss over saving private ryan was all about when films like these already existed.
Andre
3Apr09
My interpretation of this one is somewhat less optimistic then others. I feel the grand illusion is the thought that humankind will one day no longer need war as a way for the soverigns to assert their own powers. Maybe im just being the eternal cynic. its 2 hours of entertainment, but im not sure if it rivals the rules of the game.