Terrific film. Why is it overlooked?
Why doesn’t it enjoy the same recognition as Spielberg’s other films?
shareProbably because it only did 20 million at the box office.
Maybe because it doesn't have alot of battle sequences, and it tells a more complicated story of WW2...
A third reason, maybe American audiences didn't resonate with the british main character and British Empire story of it all. I am Canadian and I have British family connections so it resonated with me.
I would think, it would be more popular generally with Commonwealth countries , and the UK, being that it's focused on the old British Empire. Another reason I think it may not have resonated with American audiences is the complexity of it. I wouldn't say it is overlooked, but I agree that it certainly does not enjoy the reputation of Spielberg's other work. Who knows? Perhaps great work is always overlooked in it's time. Orson Welles comes to mind..
Maybe because its a kiddie adventure despite of some terrific visual ideas.
shareIt's not a kiddie adventure. It has a kid in the main role, If you don't like kids as the main actors you probably won't like it. But it's Spielberg, what do you expect? He always used kids in the main roles, especially circa 1983-1995. Why is it so bad just to have a child instead of an adult? Most adult actors are even worse than the kid actors.
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