Braveheart (1995) movie poster

Braveheart (1995)

"Every man dies, not every man really lives."
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👍 90%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 72%
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Runtime
2h 58m
Rated
R
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.9/10 (10,936 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
76%
Metacritic
68

Cast

Mel Gibson as William Wallace · 75% avg
Catherine McCormack as Murron MacClannough · 72% avg
Sophie Marceau as Princess Isabelle · 72% avg
Patrick McGoohan as King Edward · 82% avg
Angus Macfadyen as Robert the Bruce · 75% avg
Brendan Gleeson as Hamish Campbell · 73% avg
James Robinson as Young William Wallace
James Cosmo as Campbell · 67% avg

Is Braveheart good?

Yes. 90% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 72%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#79 / 1971 · Action
Rank in its year
#6 / 107 · 1995
Rank among its director's films
#4 / 6 · Mel Gibson

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule. Wikipedia ↗

About the Film

Braveheart is a 1995 American epic historical war film directed by and starring Mel Gibson as William Wallace, a 13th-century Scottish warrior who leads a revolt against the English occupation of Scotland following the murder of his secret wife by English soldiers. The film traces Wallace's transformation from a peaceful farmer into a legendary military commander who unites the fractious Scottish clans against the forces of King Edward I, known as Longshanks and played with imperious menace by Patrick McGoohan, through a campaign of guerrilla warfare and pitched battles across the Scottish Highlands. Braveheart won five Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director, though its historical accuracy has been extensively criticized by historians — the film takes enormous liberties with the timeline, the characters, and the events of the Scottish Wars of Independence, most notably the entirely fictional romance between Wallace and Princess Isabella of France, who was historically about three years old during the period depicted.

Mel Gibson's battle sequences, particularly the Battle of Stirling Bridge (filmed without the bridge) and the Battle of Falkirk, were praised for their visceral intensity and ambitious scale. James Horner's Celtic-influenced score, featuring haunting pennywhistle and bagpipe themes, became one of the most beloved film soundtracks of the 1990s. Braveheart earned $210 million worldwide and had a measurable impact on Scottish national identity and the Scottish independence movement, with politicians and activists citing the film for decades afterward.

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