As a political anti-war statement it has its points but as a western, it's quite awful. The acting is cheerful and jolly in the same way as in Bonanza or High Chaparral. The main characters remain smiling and optimistic even when all their friends are getting killed in the war. The guys have 60's style hair and the gals are made up in the same fashion. In fact you feel like you are watching the musical Oklahoma and everybody will start to sing soon, but alas. The film is mostly set in a studio and the battle scenes seem to be from another movie, or a documentary of some sort. It's low-budget all over. James Caan is solid even with the funny hair and Harrison Ford couldn't act even then. It's actually hard to believe that this was made during the same time as Once Upon a Time In the West. I give it a 4 just because I'm a sucker for westerns. Silly.
Review of Journey to Shiloh
