the audience applauded

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

I suspect there are actually reviews being posted here that are paid for by the studios. That is the only reason I can think of for anyone to laud this particularly putrid film.This film is terrible on many levels. The music is detracting. The camera shots wobble on some characters in a scene, but not on others, to no obvious cinematic benefit - it's just annoying. The dialog is lame. The characters are unsympathetic. The CGI effects are unconvincing.But for me, what absolutely killed any desire to continue watching this film were the repeated, blatant violations of historical accuracy that kept coming like a runaway freight train. These included (but are by no means limited to): 1) The actual initial German assault of the Battle of the Bulge took place during a very harsh winter, often during driving snowstorms, and during a period of time when Allied aircraft were grounded by weather. The location for the film, however, was obviously experiencing a thaw, complete with running melt water and sunny skies enabling Luftwaffe fighters to make sorties.2) Tom Sizemore and Neal McDonough both playing lieutenants, even though they are both far past the average age of a WWII lieutenant.3) The tanks, gads, the tanks! Really, really bad attempts to pull off convincing German AFVs. In fact, with one exception of a cameo appearance by what appeared to be a Soviet-era SU-85 or SU-100, the tanks don't resemble any tanks ever used by anyone anywhere.4) In one battle scene, the camera keeps coming back to a close-up of the barrel of a Vickers water-cooled MG. I keep looking for the Allied soldiers manning it, but there aren't any. Apparently it's supposed to be a German MG.5) The soldiers are cut off behind enemy lines in blizzard-bound Belgium, then suddenly they are deep inside Germany?? 6) The Germans have conducted an a-bomb test. Right.7) The GIs, on the lam in Germany, run into a Soviet soldier, also running loose deep inside Germany, who speaks flawless English. Sure.And, being unable to take any more, that's about where I turned it off. I understand the need to suspend some belief in order to enjoy a movie, but this one was asking for more than a suspension of belief - it was an all-out assault on the sensibilities of any knowledgeable person who enjoys the war film genre, coupled with amateurish film-making. And that, my friends, is how films like this earn miserable one-star ratings.

I found out at the end of this movie that it's based on a video which answers some questions, like why are the air scenes so cartoonish looking and is this based on a true story? Why is it so derivative? I was thinking, if this turned out to be fictional, I will be upset. Why make up something about ww2, when there are so many true juicy stories about it. Knowing it's a video game softened the blow, but it really is a cheaply made amateur movie with B list actors. It's the battle of the bulge and a team of soldiers are on a mission that will take them deep into Nazi territory to get something very important, that may tilt the outcome of the war. If you want a World War 2 movie,

I would say that Company of Heroes is probably the worst movie I have ever seen. It took me a month to actually get through this movie. I watched the first 15 minutes and the acting was awful. I knew immediately that I was watching a Hollywood film but when I finally finished, it had gotten even worse. Not only was the acting bad, the storyline w/love story and characters that are ridiculous. They also have the one-liners that just don't fit in a film about the Battle of the Bulge. I thought this was going to be a historical film but it absolutely was not. I am a history, documentary type and if you are as well, I definitely do not recommend you see this.

I was hoping to see a good war movie this weekend. Boy was I sorely disappointed! Using the wrong weapons, Using Russian Heavy tanks and calling them German Tiger tanks, To the Germans developing the Atomic Bomb, which we all know, they were not even close to developing it. In the Special features, the Director mentions that he built the 88mm antiaircraft out of wood and PVC pipe. I can tell you that it looks it! The Director should be ashamed of this movie, as should anyone who had any thing to do with it. Having a small budget is no excuse for producing trash. So many other quality movies have been made with smaller budgets this is just a waste of resources and good actors. Do not let the names of the Actors fool you. Bad directing will elicit poor performances from even the best actors. This movie should be passed by.