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directed by Mel Gibson...
Starring Mel Gibson, Patrick McGoohan and Sophie Marceau...
Movies about early Britain starring dirty men in kilts (See "Robin Hood," "Rob Roy," and "Highlander" 1 and 2) seem to be popular these days, so Mel Gibson's "Braveheart" comes as no surprise. Gibson tackles this feature as director, producer, and starring actor. He's evidently spreading himself too thin, because although the movie begins promisingly, it soon grows dull and repetitious, relying on old Hollywood tactics to reel in its audience...
William Wallace (Gibson) is a legendary scottish hero who defended Scottish independence in the face of English despotism. But when we first meet him, he's just a cute little boy in pigtails. His father is killed in an uprising against England. At his father's funeral, one precocious little girl is already giving him tender looks, setting the stage for the romance to come. William is taken away by his uncle, who emphasizes education before fighting skills, but that only puts off the inevitable. Predictably, William returns to his home years later and is struck to his home grown...
...both an impossible and an irresistible role, which has attracted virtually every important -- or ambitious-English-speaking actor, from John Barrymore and Laurence Olivier to Mel Gibson and Keanu Reeves. The latest is Ralph Fiennes, who stars in a production that has traveled from London's Almeida Theatre Company to Broadway. Fiennes, 32, is known primarily as a movie actor (he played the unforgettable chief villain -- in a world overrun by villainy -- of Schindler's List, and the fair-haired, clay-footed young scholar, Charles Van Doren, of Quiz Show), but his roots are in theater, and he handles Shakespeare...