"The face-off between Achilles and Hector is beautifully realized, all the more wounding because we can precisely read each man's emotions going into the fight." - Rob Gonsalves (eFilmCritic.com) "There are breathtaking vistas, taut political intrigues, dangerous romantic liaisons and one of the greatest wardrobes ever assembled for a costume drama." - Jack Matthews (New York Daily News)

THIS IS SPARTA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "It’s vainly pompous, vehemently preposterous, violently propelled by power guitar riffs, and vaguely homoerotic in its bare-chested macho posturing. It’s also frequently peaks with bombastic bursts of absurd genius." - Mark Pollard (Kung Fu Cinema)

5 Oscars -Best Picture -Best Actor in a Leading Role -Best Costume Design -Best Visual Effects - Best Sound "Cool battle scenes, hand-to-hand combat, togas - we've waited a long time for a sword and sandals epic." -Ben Falk (BBCi Films)

11 Oscars -Best Picture -Best Film Editing -Best Director - Best Sound -Best Costume Design - Best Music Song -Best Visual Effects - Best Music Score -Best Makeup - Best Art Direction - Best Writing Adapted Screenplay "The thrilling conclusion to what has become the film event of our time -- the definitive screen fantasy -- features more spellbinding moments, bigger battles, more emotion and more poetry than the terrific first two films in the trilogy." - Roger Moore (Orlando Sentinel)

2 Oscars -Best Film Editing -Best Sound -Best Cinematography nominee -Best Director nominee "I can think of no other instance when a country at war has presented on its movie theater screens such an excruciating account of battle, or such a sobering one." -Bob Graham (San Francisco Chronicle)

2 Oscars -Best Sound Effects Editing -Best Visual Effects -Best Picture nominee -Best Film Editing nominee -Best Sound nominee -Best Art Direction nominee "It is, simply, what movie-making should be, the kind of film that proves that 'quality cinema' and 'blockbuster entertainment' are not, and should not be, mutually exclusive." - Josh Bell (Las Vegas Weekly)

5 Oscars -Best Picture -Best Cinematography -Best Director -Best Make Up - Best Sound Effects Editing "A huge, bloody and sprawling epic, Braveheart is the sort of massive vanity piece that would be easy to disparage if it didn't essentially deliver." -Brian Lowry (Variety)