Genre: War, Drama, Western, True Story, Epic
Tagline: Stand your ground.
Plot: In the spring of 1836, in the face of insurmountable odds, fewer than 200 ordinary men who believed in the future of Texas held the fort for 13 days against thousands of Mexican soldiers led by dictator General Antonio López de Santa Anna (EMILIO ECHEVARRÍA), ruler of Mexico. Commanded by three men – the young, brash Lt. Col. William Travis (PATRICK WILSON); the zealous, passionate James Bowie (JASON PATRIC); and the living legend David Crockett (BILLY BOB THORNTON) – the Texans would die for their beliefs, but their deeds at the Alamo would make history as General Sam Houston’s (DENNIS QUAID) emotional rallying call for Texas
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 In Hancock's absorbing yet ever-so-slightly jaundiced retelling, the fall of the ad hoc citadel is less the stuff of legend than of real life. Its egotistical, wishy-washy and otherwise flawed protagonists are no less heroic because they look -- and act -- like you and me. On the contrary, they are more so.--Michael O'Sullivan (Washington Post)
The sad truth is, "The Alamo," directed and co-written by John Lee Hancock, squanders an opportunity to re-create one of the great events in American history.--Desson Thomson (Washington Post)
...the movie is both elegiac and trivial. This is an accomplishment of sorts, generally of the sort that no one plans.--Elvis Mitchell (The New York Times)
What's left is an uneven production that has occasional moments of high energy, but is mostly mired in banal dialogue, failed character interaction, and familiar melodrama.  --James Berardinelli (ReelViews)
The advance buzz on "The Alamo" was negative, and now I know why: This is a good movie. Conventional wisdom in Hollywood is that any movie named "The Alamo" must be simplistic and rousing, despite the fact that we already know all the defenders got killed.  --Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times)
The Alamo isn’t a patriotic, heart-swelling epic. It’s a dull, rotten, dreary, excruciatingly-long miniseries which sadly reduces men of historical significance to dirtbags fighting over dirt.  --Eric Meyerson (FilmCritic.com)
The Alamo documents what's undoubtedly an important moment in American history, but fails to make it relevant for viewers without any knowledge of the event. While the film is technically proficient and the performances are passable, there's absolutely nothing here for the average viewer to latch onto; the movie is curiously flat, void of any emotional context. 1.2/4--David Nusair (Reel Film Reviews)
Despite some awesome cinematography, I was deeply disappointed with this movie and because the Mexican army and its general, Santa Anna, are ridiculously portrayed as sadistic villains, I found myself rooting for them. 55/100--Jamie Gillies (Apollo Guide)
Yes, a lot of ``The Alamo'' is chauvinistic hokum. But what entertaining hokum it is!  --Glenn Lovell (San Jose Mercury News)
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John Lee Hancock
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| Factually correct but awfully sober --Lou Lumenick (New York Post)
The Alamo has lukewarm moments of mediocrity, but it never excels. It did, however, teach me about a part of history I must have missed while in school, but just because it's educational, doesn't mean it's a great film.  --Lynda Lin (The Movie Insider)
The drama can get a little pokey at times, and you won't believe how they depict Santa Anna, but the "The Alamo" is a solid historical epic. B--Brian Orndorf (FilmJerk.com)
"The Alamo" is not only a brilliant epic, it's also that rare breed: an epic that's also a character study -- in this case, of the men who fought and died at a battle that changed the history of the United States.--Paul Clinton (CNN Showbiz)
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