# The Patriot (2000)

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**Runtime**: 165 min
**Genres**: Drama, History, War, Action
**Directed by**: Roland Emmerich
**Written by**: Robert Rodat
**Starring**: Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson, Jason Isaacs, Chris Cooper, Tchéky Karyo

> *Before they were soldiers, they were family. Before they were legends, they were heroes. Before there was a nation, there was a fight for freedom.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You farm the land, but when your son joins the army to fight the British, you take up arms again, and the director sets this tale against the backdrop of the American Revolution.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, epic, raw

**Critic & audience scores**: IMDb 7.2/10 (305970 users) · Rotten Tomatoes 62% · Metacritic 63/100

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