Peereddi
I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.
SeeQuant
Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction
Janae Milner
Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.
JohnHowardReid
The true story of Ira Hayes is uncompromisingly brought to life in this arresting movie. You will find no sugary sentiment here, no phony romantic interludes, no box office conclusion. A tragic story, well acted, based on an excellent script by Stewart Stern, which in turn was based on Bradford Huie's book, "The Hero of Iwo Jima". For once, Delbert Mann's direction is quite cinematic. Although, as we might expect from a trained in TV director, there are plenty of close-ups, Mann often goes out of his way to use extreme long-shots. And he has elicited a marvelous performance from Gregory Walcott as the tough boot sergeant. Other great production values lie in Joseph La Shelle's superlative photography and Marjorie Fowler's astute film editing.
deschreiber
This is the sad and touching story of Ira Hayes, with a fine acting job by Tony Curtis. Do not expect action scenes with battles and heroics. There is only a brief section that takes place on Iwo Jima;the rest is drama. Some may argue about this or that point of historical accuracy-- with good reason probably--but when all that is done, we're left with just a good drama about a young man who could not cope with the bizarre role of 'national hero' that fate forced upon him. The story is about how events outside his control affected his relationships with friends, family, his community, comrades and his country. We wish life could have turned out better for such a decent man.
jon-weiss
This movie is an excellent (my judgement based on other research) portrayal of the life of Ira Hayes after Iwo Jima. Hayes gets selected as a hero then tries to live down what he feels is a farce of advertising. It has been recently remade as "Flags Of Our Fathers" aptly named since it's initials are FOOF a word used to describe a chair designed to be comfortable, the new version Flags of our Fathers is a feel good piece to make people feel good about heros and bashing war all in one neat package. Given a choice between the two The Outsider is far superior to it's more contemporary remake in all areas except the special effects.
jkin355871
This is one of the best wartime movies that I have ever seen. It was very touching and very well acted. This movie is a good dramatisation of what it is really like in the military. As a military vet I know what it was like to have good friends and how to work as a team.
