 What isn't true about A Civil Action?
I've sat through it twice and am still trying to sort out my responses, which run from awe to mockery and back. Or "This great evil: Where's it come from? In the combat genre, the phrase "war is hell" usually means nothing more than that it's a bummer to lose a limb or two, or to see your buddy get his head blown off. A true work of art owes us more than literal horrors, and Malick obliges by making his theater of war the setting for nothing less than a meditation on the existence of God. The centerpiece--the fighting--goes on for over an hour and features the most frantic and harrowing sequences, chiefly the company's initially unsuccessful frontal assault on a Japanese hilltop bunker.
 the protagonists win at the end of the film
 it is weaker than the book at times  the actors portray the character emotions well  the protagonists win at the end of the film  Beatrice and Grace were financially impacted because of the film