Good, but not great.
Interesting story of survival, but it's not that original. There had been numerous WW2 POW / survival-through-unbearable-hardship movies before this, and this isn't that different from those.
Plus, writer-director Bruce Beresford pulls his punches with regard to Japanese atrocities in WW2 - the reality was a lot worse than the movie makes out.
Emotional and interesting nevertheless.
Good cast - Glenn Close, Frances McDormand, Cate Blanchett, Julianna Margulies, among others - and they all give solid performances.
Interesting story of survival, but it's not that original. There had been numerous WW2 POW / survival-through-unbearable-hardship movies before this, and this isn't that different from those.
Plus, writer-director Bruce Beresford pulls his punches with regard to Japanese atrocities in WW2 - the reality was a lot worse than the movie makes out.
Emotional and interesting nevertheless.
Good cast - Glenn Close, Frances McDormand, Cate Blanchett, Julianna Margulies, among others - and they all give solid performances.