A series of historical events that are recounted about the presentation illustrates the incident of the civil war that lasted four hours and 1/4 hours. There are thousands of civil war reprisals that took place at the time, which were fought by the federal army and the Army of Northern Virginia with a strong fight. Here, the Pickett's drawings will be highlighted in that three-day, non-stop battle. On the other hand, there are many letters of command officers and personal plans that have been developed to carry out combat operations will be presented in a deep look at that war.
Mr. Daniels's luminous performance as the heroic colonel dominates ... half of the film. And when the actor all but disappears in Part 2, he is sorely missed.
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
July 26, 2002
Ought to be seen for Jeff Daniels' performance alone.
Variety
May 28, 2004
Gettysburg succeeds as a motion picture event, and as a re-creation of a pivotal chapter of American history.
Wins the day by giving a detailed account of the three-day battle (for the first time in a feature film), shot on the actual locations where the events took place. [Blu-ray]
