Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Boobirt Stylish but barely mediocre overall

SincereFinest disgusting, overrated, pointless

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

mksnyder Great acting, well directed and edited,accurate in the history...would recommend this unreservedly. The American government's crimes against the indigenous people are pretty well-known by now, and they are not unmentioned in this story. However,the attention is mostly on Custer's personality--his narcissism and ambition. He was, after all, a very interesting American type: convinced that he will succeed simply because he has the will. He was dashing and romantic and daring and completely foolhardy---all well-known and appreciated (or unappreciated) at the time. Gary Cole does a great job conveying the complexities of the man. Rosanna Arquette is instrumental in conveying his humanity. The story is Shakespearean tragedy at its best, and this production does full justice to that quality.

phj-2 I actually just bought this movie(ebay) for a significant amount. Not because I really thought it was that good, but because I`m totally hung up on the history of native Americans, and especially obsessed with the battle of Little Big Horn. In that respect I was NOT disappointed by this movie.The climactic battle scene was actually very satisfying to me, because i was afraid it would a long wait for nothing. I was eager to see if they had managed to bring the great battle to a realistic scale (3000 thousand warriors, enormous Sioux camp). I was almost completely convinced. Both the choreography and the attention to historical details was flawless! All in all a must for "indians`/western fans" but also watchable for people interested in historical/war dramas. When that is said, this is after all a TV-production, and my review must be seen in that context. 7/10

bullett-3 Good T.V mini-series, but a confused story line that makes the early part of the movie, long convoluted and uninteresting. The characters are not fully developed and as such we dont really care about any of them, besides we already know what is going to happen. The battle sequences are O.K. but one does not get the feel of a large cast engaged in a large Cavalry battle. Most shots have only a few actors in them, and there are no large panoramic shots of a Cavalry Brigade in action. The previous week I had watched TARAS BULBA with Yul Brynner and Tony Curtis. The Cavalry sequences were broad, expansive shots which gave the feel of a Cavalry charge. Here probably due to budgetary concerns there is never a massive Cavalry charge or even feel of Cavalry combat. Perhaps if the film had adressed some of Custers early Civil War heroics this problem might have been cured. But it did not. Still the natural beauty of the Great Plains of the American West comes through. IT would be almost impossible to miss it in any film made there. Here we get the full affect. But the storyline, the plastic characters, the uninteresting battle sequences, and its pure length make this move a very difficult film to sit through at one sitting. AS such its a FIVE.

Quinn-5 "Son Of The Morning Star" is by all accounts and definitions an epic. With a period backdrop, compelling characters, a cast of thousands and a span of ten years, "Morning Star" fits the mold of almost every made-for-tv-mini series. Yet you can't help but feel it's being confined on the small screen like a belt that's too tight on you. It has the look and feel of a theatrical feature, and would seem so much bigger on the big screen. But Mike Robe's gigantic effort is no movie of the week basic network fodder. It's the post-Civil War story of General George Armstrong Custer, his lovely and loyal wife Libbie, and Custer's Indian equivalent Crazy Horse, and the interesting chain of events that lead the two warriors to the gentle slopes of the Little Big Horn, or, more popularly, Custer's Last Stand. But, as the Indian female narrator Kate Bighead tells us, "it was not [Custer's] last stand...it was ours". The first half of the film seems somewhat confused of its real direction, and it's pretty much the movies only flaw. We meet the characters, soak in the rich setting of the western plains of our country, and are led through such happenings as Custer's court martialing for his harsh treatment on deserters, the training of his 7th cavalry, the somewhat flawed presidency of Ulysses S. Grant, who, apparently, is quite the anti-Custer, and to a lesser extent to all of this, the early days of the Cheyenne warrior Crazy Horse, played by underrated Native American actor Rodney A. Grant (Wind In His Hair from "Dances With Wolves", which is what I believe ultimatly helped greenlight this production). But besides that jumbled storyline, which really isn't all that jumbled, there are first rate acting scenes displayed by Gary Cole as our arrogant blond hero, who seems to really know his stuff when it comes to first person impressions. Rosanna Arquette is just going through the motions, and so is Dean Stockwell as Custer's superior in Washington, General Sheridan. But the real reward for sticking through this movie is the heart-wrenching climax of all movie climaxes, the Battle of Little Big Horn. Custer's actual Last Stand isn't until the final half hour, but boy is it worth the wait. Mike Robe really deserves some, heck, A LOT of credit for this logistical nightmare of a production. He takes us through Custer's final moments with true skill and utter authority. Combined with the poetic and professional lens job done by director of photography Kees Van Oostrum, and a lush orchestral score by Craig Safan, "Son Of The Morning Star" is a real piece of work, and should be considered a genuine cinematic triumph in the annals of western and dramatic film. Kudos, guys.