Caz1964 I watched this film last night,i thought it should have been on earlier,ma-by 9 o clock instead of 11.15pm as it was a lot better than films they usually show at that time on a week day.It was a very moving film with some brilliant acting,and the story is actually based on fact,as Sigfried sassoon did meet Wilfred Owen in a hospital for shell shocked officers.The rest of the film is fiction.The film makes a point in saying that only the officers got this privilege of being aloud rest when they suffered battle fatigue,the lesser ranks had to carry on until close insanity before they were discharged as sick. My own grandfather was one of these. He carried on having fits into the 1930s which led to his death from a bad fall in 1935 aged only 36,these were the other casualties of ww1. The British army did not want to recognise shell-shock and was totally unprepared for it.This film portrayed a very important part of history which unfortunately is almost forgotten,i found the film to be a very moving tribute to all those who fought and died in it.

emuir-1 There are very few films glorifying the first world war, called the "Great War" by those who fought and lived through it. If anything, Hollywood has avoided the subject and left it to a few European filmmakers, for very good reason. For sheer carnage, nothing has surpassed it. The slaughter of very young men was truly appalling. One can only imagine the reaction today if 50,000 men were dying each month to hold or advance over 100 yards of desolate mud. I went to school in England where the walls of our classroom were covered with the photos of pupils who had died in the war. Mostly aged 17. It was not until much later that I realised why there were so many unmarried middle aged women around in the 50's, when the writer Dr. Phyllis Bentley explained that there was no one for them to marry. An entire generation of men had been wiped out.Regeneration is a thoughtful anti-war film where the paradox of war is implied in a Scottish hospital for the treatment of shell shocked officers. The doctor has to get them well so they can be returned to the front lines, where they will more than likely be killed. The script is intelligent and the acting is superb. There are some allegorical scenes which do more to underscore the pigheaded arrogant mentality of the "establishment" which continued a war until quite simply, there was no one left to fight. Even sick men with TB were sent off to fight. Perhaps the saddest aspect of watching this film is when you realize that WWII began 21 years after the first once ended, just long enough for the new generation of soldiers to grow up.

stamper This film is not too bad. Although I did not enjoy most of the film too much, there were certain scenes which were definitely worth while. My favorite scenes were the war scenes, the scenes with Sassoon (especially the ones with poetry) and the last scene. As a result of this film, I must really urge you to read some of Sigfried Sassoons work and also some of Owen's. I read some in school and I found that some of their work is really fantastic. 6,5 out of 10

lasherxl Regeneration is an amazing film, it discusses the unseen wounds left on soldiers by war. The emotional trauma it causes them and how best we can help them, if we can at all. James Wilby gives a remarkable performance as an officer who is sickened by the war that he sees around him. He isn't so much mentally ill as disgusted with war and his contribution in it. Jonny Lee Miller is also amazing in his portrayal of an officer driven mute. When he discovers his voice he is angry and argumentative, but slowly we discover that all of his anger is a shell to protect the hurt that has built up inside of him. One of the biggest underlying themes in this film is how useless war is, even if it is for the right cause. Mainly because it destroys the human psyche and removes hope. This is a startling film, and touching and emotional. It cuts to the core of who we all are, as human beings.