The Great Escape (1963)'s comments

In what is one of the most entertaining casts in cinema history, the great Richard Attenborough shines above the rest. The man can do more with his right eye than McQueen can do with his entire face + arms, and yet it's the latter star whose presence we associate with this film. A mistake in my opinion. Steve McQueen was a mediocre actor at best, nothing more than a cool presence who was genetically fortunate enough to have wrinkled well with age. He also happens to be a narcissistic douchebag, and it seems the production suffered as a result of his involvement (read the IMDB trivia section for The Great Escape if you want to know what I mean.)

My simple review is that this is a spectacularly enjoyable film, but I guess everybody already knows that.

I wish the ending was happier. [2]
AWESOME FILM!

I wish the ending was happier.

A fun and safe depiction of a Nazi occupied POW camp.

Absolutely fantastic movie, very entertaining! And boy what a great cast.

good movie..

Steve McQueen at his finest :)

great movie

Awesome!

great one.

One of my all time favourite! And my last film on the imdb top 250 :)

A compelling tale of real-life events that unfold with a sense of urgency not often duplicated in today's cinema. The only criticism I can fire at it is that, on just one viewing, it can be difficult to learn who all the characters are.