3.5/4  Civil War at its best!
Every time I see Glory a tear drops from my eye as it is such a tearjerker, especially for a war film. It's like Dead Poets Society but with guns and it's set in the Civil War. It's not everyday you'll see Matthew Broderick in a good film,... (read full)

3.5/4  Glory Quick Review
OMG... I cannot watch this movie without crying my eyes out. This is really an amazing movie. Great cast, great director just great everything and Denzel (looking gorgeous as ever) was definitely on top of his game.

3.5/4  Glory Quick Review
This is probably Denzel Washington's best movie. And, it's probably the best movie on the civil war. It's a very inspirational movie, that's for sure.

1.5/4  Glory Quick Review
Saw it on Halloween in the theaters. Basically, my parents used to force me to see a bunch of Civil War movies. Oh joy.

4/4  Glory Quick Review
Oh my lord, lord, lord, lord! Mmmmmmm mmmmmmmm! Awesome flick!

4/4  Glory Quick Review
Great movie, great acting, great cast. The war scenes are well done and realistic. I can forgive the movie for the unrealistic dialog.

3.5/4  Glory Quick Review
A great war movie that is typical of Zwick. An epic movie that is very well done, beautifully shot, well acted but has too much modern dialog to merit the time period.

5/5 Great movie bad strategies
  by Theodor Black
This was a great movie. The cast was amazing. Sets, direction. Everything was great but when the troops would go into battle I kept thinking what horrible field strategies they were. It was like the troops were just marching into the line of fire. I have read a little about american history but I have not read about this battle (yet) but I find it hard to believe that the strategies of the north for this battle was this stupid.

4/5 Very Good
  by DENNIS ODANIEL (Ohio)
Enjoyed this film very much. Since I have read more I see where some things are not totally accurate but overall it is an excellent film.

5/5 "If I should fall remember what you see here"
  by Chris (Biloxi, MS United States)
'Glory' is a extremely well made and moving film about the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. Matthew Broderick pretty much plays his role of a lifetime in the film and is a great Robert Gould Shaw. The other actors also do fine work. Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, and Cary Elwes are all very excellent also. The battle scenes are done in a very gritty manner and bring some of the brutality of the Civil War to life.

I wish some real historical characters besides Shaw could have been depicted in the movie. Sgt. William Carney comes to mind. He won the Medal of Honor for bringing off the 54th's flag from Fort Wagner. I wish this could have been depicted in some way.

The beginning and ending of the film are very well made and really anchor the movie in greatness. The music is also excellent and worthy of mention.

The Special Edition DVD brings very good picture and sound plus good commentary tracks, documentaries on the real 54th, and deleted scenes. Really a great disc overall.

Highly recommended!

5/5 A must own
  by Gdawg007 (Albuquerque, New Mexico USA)
I cannot help but laugh at those who feel that this movie is "historically inaccurate" because they combined characters and changed minor events for the sake of drama. It's a movie, not a history lesson, and those people are sadly missing the point. The laughable notion is that this somehow how to do with a liberal viewpoint, as if the notion that black men fought and died for something they believed in didn't actually happen.

The movie is relatively flawless, it avoids melodrama when it could've fell into it, and despite being twenty years old, it doesn't look nearly as dated as other war movies. The movie, despite it's slight changing of minor facts for the sake of telling a true story, captures the spirit and courage required of them to overcome both adversity and their own limitations.

4/5 glory-blu ray disc
  by Robert J. Kelleher (NEWBURGH , NY)
Great movie . Sad that other video places do not carry the older titles on blu ray when they come out.