Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

Spoonatects Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

Verity Robins Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

wwilliams2-1 I saw the "Fighting Sullivans" at the age of eleven at the Colonial Theater in Kansas City, Mo. It was on a double bill with " The Flying Saucer" which was the film I went to see. When the family was told all the brothers were killed a hush fell over the crowd, people started sobbing and I was crying. Never in my life has any movie affected me this way. I loved the brothers, the story and the pride it instilled in me to be an American . This superb production is the finest film to come out of the war years. It pulls the heart strings as no other film has ever done. A moving and wonderful movie, better than " Saving Private Ryan" , a film everyone should see.

moonspinner55 So jaded our we as a nation that the scenario of this patriotic family drama today looks like it was created by aliens--foreigners who got the impression that WWII-era America may have resembled just this, conjured up through memories of spreads in the Saturday Evening Post. Close-knit, church-going kin with five sons and one daughter josh and rib and 'lick' each other throughout the 1930s, the children growing into fine, upstanding young adults by the dawn of the next decade. True story decked out with Hollywood trimmings, though most of the actors are so sincere that the sentiment doesn't feel heavy-handed. Still, these brothers (who march off in unison to the Naval Recruiter's office after the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor) aren't given much individual character; we see them just as the director and scenarists hope we'll see them: as a fighting unit, so brave they don't even have second thoughts. These Fighting Sullivans were instant heroes to a rapturous war-time America, so much so that any hint of complexity in their characters has been scrubbed clean. Edward Ryan (as Al) looks a little puny taking womanly Anne Baxter into his arms, but Thomas Mitchell is wonderful as the patriarch of the family, and the child actors are each quite good. **1/2 from ****

Ducko137 I remember when I was a young boy and seeing this movie. It had all the fun and sadness of that time frame. I related to the father since my dad worked on the railroad. The boys receiving their first communion and I begin catholic and my brother in law serving in the navy. I know it had a sad ending and of course it wasn't till later in life did I realize the importance of the story. I have seen it a couple of times over the past years on T V but its been awhile now. I recommend that any father and mother if they can rent or buy this movie for their sons and daughters to watch they should do it. It is truly an Inspiration to America.

paulpsyche The USS Sullivans is now anchored in a Naval Park in Buffalo, NY. This destroyer was named in honor of the Sullivan Brothers who all lost their life during the battle of Guadalcanal in 1942. After Pearl Harbor they all enlisted in the Navy with the condition of not being separated. While serving on the USS Juno they perished together. Shipmates reported that three of the brothers, when out of harms way, returned to the burning ship for their brothers when it went under. When news of this tragic loss was learned, the government instituted the rule that stands today, no brothers will serve in the same combat theatre. This was due to the Sullivans.I saw this movie one night with my mother on late night TV in 1981. Let me tell you, the very memory of the ending of this movie brings me to tears. A mixture of pride and sorrow. Do not hesitate, purchase, and watch this film.