Review 1:
"...An extraordinary achievement....THE THIN RED LINE is hugely effective as a film about the absurdity of war..."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.53-4 03/??/1999
Review 2:
"...[A] masterpiece of poetic flourish and grand ambition..." -- 4 out of 5 stars
Source: Total Film
p.98 10/01/1999
Review 3:
"...Terrence Malick's first movie since 1978's DAYS OF HEAVEN is just as sensual, subliminally stirring and magnificently photographed..." -- 4 out of 4 stars
Source: USA Today
p.4D 12/24/1998
Review 4:
"...Malick has retained his eye for crystalline images, and a facility for camera movement so fluid as to seem almost thought-activated..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.C1 12/23/1998
Review 5:
"...[Malick's] intoxication with natural beauty, fused so palpably with the psychic sleepwalking of his human characters, remains exactly as it was....Here is a visceral reminder of all that made his past work so hauntingly majestic..."
Source: New York Times
p.E1 12/23/1998
Review 6:
"...A monumental accomplishment....THE THIN RED LINE must be seen, felt and remembered to be fully appreciated. And for those willing to rise to the occasion, the reward is beyond compare..." -- 5 out of 5 stars
Source: Box Office
p.61 02/01/1999
Review 7:
"...Malick's return is a cause for celebration. His harsh, haunting film shuns the platitudes to expose war as a crime against nature..."
Source: Rolling Stone
p.83-4 01/21/1999
Review 8:
"...The battle scenes themselves are masterful..."
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
p.27 01/08/1999