Venge Having looked forward to seeing this film for quite a while, I was quite let down when I finally managed to view it. Andersonville is a story that needed to be told, but this telling of the tale rattles and rambles trying to find its sense of direction. The production suffers from a rather poorly written script and mediocre acting. There were some decent scenes, and a few good performances, but by and large this was a rather jumbled, boring, over-long, predictable mess. It could have been, and deserved to be, so much more.So unless you really have to see a movie about this notorious prisoner of war camp, I'd give this one a miss.

heritage716 I have a 2nd cousin buried there. He only lasted there 3 months. I am trying to find out more info on him, but it seems the family just isn't interested. I took pictures when we were there, but they never came out! One night, on a genealogy chat, there was a man who had an Andersonville user name, so I asked him questions about it-he happened to work there, and was also a re-enactor. I asked him, if he would take pictures for me. He sent me 6 gorgeous pictures of my cousin's grave, of the whole cemetery, the dead house, and the 6 buried off to the side. He also sent my son a book. I never knew, that someone had a baby there. If we ever go back, and I hope we do, we will get a personal tour! We visited Andersonville yrs ago--what a humbling place! I cannot even describe how we felt. But we found his marker. I would have never known about the place, if my brother didn't tell me about it. Ironically, we were 2 weeks away from adopting a former foster child- He enjoyed re-enacting after he came to live with us. When we showed him the movie, and Cliff De Young tells one of the soldiers to be quiet, because of the tunnel? He shouted out; TOBIAS! Our son turned around, and told me how much he loved that name, and when he was adopted, he not only changed his last name, but also his first name! It was fine to me, because my great great great grandmother's maiden name was Tobias.

Tilla-2 As a Civil War buff, this is one of my favorite films. If you enjoy romantic war stories, don't rent this. There are no romantic plot lines or even women in the movie. The closest thing to a romantic plot line would be when Martin speaks of his wife and asks Josiah to send her his wedding ring.If you enjoy war films that are not cluttered with cliche romantic plots and are more like buddy films this one is for you. The acting is amazing, and the story if fresh look at a little known part of Civil War history. The only problem with the film is time spent watching the men weaken and starve. Those scenes could have been cut a bit, but overall they are needed in order to feel the despair of the men.The story and characters are completely enthralling and I recommend this film to everyone. Just be prepared to cry.

Gettysburg2000go As a practicing Civil War re-enactor, I have found myself drawn into viewing this movie several times. I considered the movie to be the result of a very thorough and extensive research done by its creators. Everything was completely in accordance with what we in the re-enacting community call "of the period". I am speaking of authenticity. I have studied the true-life accounts left to us in the words of both Union and Confederate soldiers found in exerpts from the pages of their personal diaries, and in so doing, I have been able to combine this newly acquired knowledge with other experiences and studies related to this time period in our nation's history. After doing this, I was then able to formulate unbiased opinions about the movie.We have to remember that the people of the middle nineteenth century were men and women just like us. There was nothing "mysterious" about their ways, their words, their fears and all their other emotions. I felt that these natural human reactions and outlooks were well portrayed by the actors of the movie, "Andersonville".