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The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Bridge on the River Kwai

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161 minEN11 October 1957 7.8
HistoryWar
PlotThe classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.
Budget: $2,800,000Box Office: $44,908,000
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Viewer Opinions (4)

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Nicole Brown@watch_nic52211 opinions · User since 2010
★★★★☆ 8.6
That's for sure. Every shot feels like a painting. …
22 November 1957User Review
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Kimberly Nelson@knelson4329134 opinions · User since 2013
★★★☆☆ 6.3
An emotional gut-punch in the best sense. Moreover, looks pleasing, while the CGI is inconsistent. Ambitious but doesn't quite land. …
20 February 1958User Review

Viewer Comments

John Chard
The importance of which could prove crucial in more ways than one... It won 7 Academy Awards and 4 BAFTAS, and it was the film that saw the great David Lean enter his epic period. Kwai is a masterful piece of cinema, it has a magnificently intelligent and complex screenplay - with tough edged dialogue in the script, is bursting at the seams with high quality performances, and beautifully photographed (filmed in Ceylon).
Kimberly Nelson
This adds something fresh for the history genre. Watchable, but not one I'd revisit.
Nicole Brown
The kind of movie you wish you could see again for the first time. Every shot feels like a painting.
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