Ride with the Devil
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Movie Reviews of Ride with the Devil
Movie Review: Outstanding depiction of the Border War
Summary: 5 Stars
Being someone that has grown up in Kansas City knowing that this is the only area in which the Civil War was fought where there are no statues or memorials to either side, it was very exciting that Hollywood finally made a movie which acurately depicts how it was here along the Kansas and Missouri border during the border war of the Civil War years. Tobey Maguire is excellent as a German immigrant's son who is swept up in the Missouri "bushwhacker" cause in the border war against the "jayhawkers" headquarted in Lawrence, Kansas, a town founded by Massachusetts abolitionists. The supporting cast is good as well, especially Jeffrey Wright who is spectacular as a slave fighting with the bushwhackers. The Academy made a huge error overlooking him at Oscar time. This film was released only in Kansas City, Los Angeles and New York. This is as good as Ang Lee's other films and why it was not given a general release is a mystery. But not to worry, now you can enjoy it in the peace of your own home. Check it out, you won't be disappointed!Movie Review: Excellent movie
Summary: 5 Stars
The movie starts with our protagonist as the son of recent German immigrants in the South before the War of Northern Aggression. His father wisely advises to stay out of the conflict, but our boy just can't keep his idealism and loyalty to his friends in check. And so he joins and fights. It is, he says, going to be a short war. (Ha, have we heard that recently?)
He sees the glory, horror and sheer stupidity of war. He sees how even the most noble of causes (here, Southern Independence) get twisted into some macabre evil, as Southern Freedom Fighters take on the "ends justify means" methods of the yankees, killing innocent men, women and children. He befriends a black man who is loyal to the south because he is loyal to his masster/friend.
In the end, he is with wife & kid (not his own) and on his way to the new territories to live his life -- in a sense living as instructed by his father. The black fellow freedom fighter is on his way to find and his mama who was last seen as a slave in Texas. Both men are now free.
Movie Review: brilliant film
Summary: 5 Stars
Set during the civil war in bleeding kansas and Missouri the film follows two young men who join 'Quantrills Raiders' and take revenge upon the union for its greivious acts against southerners. During the savage war an entire town, Lawrence, is massacred by these 'bushwackers'. However the group falls apart and Jack and hsi friend, who is a freed slave, end up living with a single pregnant woman in a small town untouched by the fighting. THe story follows as Jack falls in love with Sue, placyed by Tobey Meguire and Bjork respectively the cast is wonderful and the acting superb.
The movie however is inexoribly drawn towards a confrontation where an enemy from Jack's past and the Civil war may catch up with the love nest. The timidity and virginity of Jack is also a problem as are the conservative morals of the local menfolk. The interplay between the men in the film, the action, and the fact that it is modelled on real events that took place along the mason-dixon line, makes for a wonderful film.
Seth J. Frantzman
Movie Review: Jewel Shines
Summary: 5 Stars
Upcoming actors Skeet Ulrich (The Craft) and Tobey Maguire (Pleasantville) give strong performances as teenage boys forced to become men overnight in the face of war. In addition, this period film features Jewel in her first major motion picture performanace. When I first heard that she was going to be in this movie, I was a bit skeptical not knowing whether she could act or not. Well, she certainly shines in this movie. Jewel portrays a young widow who is caught up in the madness of the War Between The States. Not only does she look "period" but she pulls off a convincing performance of a young woman in 1860's society. A difficult part for any young actress to portray. And this is her first movie! The DVD also includes a haunting music video with Jewel singing the song from the movie's closing credits. She is so beautiful. Although not historically accurate in every aspect, this movie is still interesting to watch in that the speech, wardrobe, social customs and mannerisms of the 1860's were carefully researched.Movie Review: It's Worth Seeing.
Summary: 5 Stars
I won't retell the story of this movie. Plenty of good info in earlier reivews to give you the story's flavor. I recall when the movie first hit theaters and didn't review well. So I skipped on it until it hit pay per view and wow...It's one of those movies that grabbed me and I still find much of it compelling from it's opening scene to its wonderful ending. I have had the great fortune to travel much of the area of central and west central Missouri that were the scene of the guerrilla phase of the Civil War in Missouri. Take a trip to Lexington, Glasgow, or Arrow Rock, Missouri and you'll find yourself on the set of this movie. Ang Lee's decision to film in Missouri and Kansas was the right one. The dialogue was wonderful and I think the movie does capture one of the seminal reasons that people fought for either side during the war...they did what their friends did. How many of us would have done the same.
I am certainly no film critic, but I loved this movie and I think you will too.