Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 178 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
- One of the best-reviewed films Cue holds.
The story
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.
- england
- scotland
- loss of loved one
- idealism
- based on true story
- catholic
- medieval
- war
- dramatic
- powerful
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Mel Gibson
William Wallace
Catherine McCormack
Murron MacClannough
Sophie Marceau
Princess Isabelle
Patrick McGoohan
King Edward
- Angus Macfadyen — Robert the Bruce
- Brendan Gleeson — Hamish Campbell
- James Robinson — Young William Wallace
- James Cosmo — Campbell
- Sean McGinley — MacClannough
- Gerda Stevenson — Mother MacClannough
- Mhairi Calvey — Young Murron MacClannough
- Jeanne Marine — Nicolette
- Sean Lawlor — Malcolm Wallace
- Sandy Nelson — John Wallace
- Alan Tall — Elder Stewart
- Directed
- Mel Gibson
- Written
- Randall Wallace
Production
- Rating
- 7.9 / 10 · 11,392 ratings
- Studio
- The Ladd Company, Icon Productions, Icon Entertainment International
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
