The Bridge on the River Kwai
The film deals with the situation of British prisoners of war during World War II who are ordered to build a bridge to accommodate the Burma-Siam railway. British and American officers plot to blow up the structure, but the commander of the bridge's construction has different plans.
20 August 1909, Pancras, London, England, UK
25 April 1909, Hackney, London, England, UK
30 November 1933, Shanghai, China
14 September 1910, Wood Green, London, England, UK
22 October 1917, Wombwell, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, UK
18 May 1917, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
2 April 1914, Marylebone, London, England, UK
22 August 1933, Buenos Aires, Argentina
9 September 1905, Soka, Japan
12 June 1932, Ceylon
February 16, 2016
The film, a highly assured piece of technical craftsmanship, is made rather too literally for the double-edged character of its central drama.
February 03, 2014
Few Second World War films are as enduring as this multi-Oscar-winning examination of the stiff upper lip from director David Lean.
January 23, 2013
Part of the success of The Bridge is that its courageous hero is shown from all angles, in all kinds of mirrors. He is strong, stubborn, fallible, maniacal, silly, and wise; and in the end he is pathetic, noble, and foolish.
February 11, 2013
The Bridge on the River Kwai amused and excited me.
February 18, 2009
It is a whale of a story, and in the telling of it, British Director David Lean does a whale of a job.
February 03, 2014
Has no one else found it highly peculiar that damn near everybody's choice for the best movie of (let's say) the decade should be dedicated, inferentially but absolutely, to the proposition that Courage is Madness and Cowardice is Best?
February 19, 2008
A gripping drama, expertly put together and handled with skill in all departments.
September 22, 2010
From sky to ground in two shots, and it already feels like we've traversed a great distance, with two and a half hours of skillful, suspenseful WWII adventure to go.
February 23, 2015
Suffice it to say, it's a masterpiece... and an epic one at that.
December 15, 2010
Epic of WWII honor and sacrifice gone haywire.
February 23, 2015
It is a stirring drama of World War II, in which Spiegel has had the excellent help of British director David Lean, in charge of the action, and of a fine company of international players.
February 11, 2013
It's certainly weathered well thanks to its novel and ingenious approach to presenting multiple perspective of the Second World War.
