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| Born on the Fourth of July | 
| Category: Movie
Buy New: $7.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  85 reviews
Sales Rank: 3872
Media: Video Download
Running Time: 145 minutes
ASIN: B000I9VO30
Theatrical Release Date: December 19, 1989
Release Date: July 17, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Typical Oliver Stone fantasy and propaganda September 8, 1999
10 out of 24 found this review helpful
While Tom Cruise does an excellent job, given such a poor script, Oliver Stone's liberal fantasies ruin this movie. The facts are historically inaccurate, rearranged to fit Mr. Stone's version of reality.
Flawed September 1, 1999
13 out of 29 found this review helpful
No matter how good a movie may be as a production, it must be evaluated on its historical accuarcy in cases like this. Stone purports to be making a true story. The violent confrontation at the Republican Convention depicted in this flick did NOT occur. It occurred at the Democratic Convention. Oliver Stone is a member of the Hollywood clique that is attempting to rewrite history. All of Stone's propaganda cannnot change the facts that the Democrat Party started the Vietnam War (under Truman) and that the Democrat Party was responsible for the major opposition to Civil Rights legislation in the 60's. Sorry, Stone. You are a Stalinist. This movie is just pure commie-prop. Had Stone promoted this movie as fiction then it would be good entertainment. His attempt to call it 'historical' reduces it to mere propaganda. Stone is the Josef Goebbels of Hollywood.
 THE SECOND BEST FILM OF THE DECADE August 1, 1999
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
"Born on the Fourth of July" is the second installment in director Oliver Stone's Vietnam War trilogy, and is by far the most powerful of the three. Tom Cruise gives one of the greatest performances in recent memory as Ron Kovic, a gung-ho Vietnam veteran who returns home after being paralyzed from the chest down. The film is extremely graphic in its depiction of violence, and the language is incessantly rough. Stone's terrific screenplay and brilliant, Oscar-winning direction keep the film moving at a tense pace, and the supporting cast, which includes Frank Whaley, Kyra Sedgwick, and an unforgettable Willem Dafoe, add to the sheer brilliance of this film. Second only to "Raging Bull" in the 1980s, and Cruise's performance is only second to De Niro in "Bull."
This movie has it all. July 12, 1999
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I am convinced this is one of the greatest movies of all time. Tom Cruise was robbed of an Oscar after his unforgetable portrayal of Ron Kovic, a disabled Vietnam Vet. We're talking...soundtack, acting, cinematography, writing, the whole anchilada. This is one for the shelf so as to whip out every few months.
it knocks the wind from your sails July 6, 1999
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Haunting, frightening, shameful account not only of a war that never should have been fought, but of the treatment of those who did their duty -- before, during and after the incursion. Parts made me proud to be an American. Most made me sick with regret and shame. What sort of expectations did we set? What sort of recognition did we give those who fought for our freedom?
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