Overall the motion picture “The Patriot” was very historically accurate. The scenery and the clothing worn by the characters played a major role in keeping the film true to the Revolutionary time period in American history in which the story took place. Although characters such as Benjamin Martin and his family were fictional, there were many more components integral to the film’s plot that were in fact a reality. Some examples of these are …showed first 75 words of 662 total…

…showed last 75 words of 662 total…time to blockade the British. “The Patriot” was successful in developing an interesting fictional plot while keeping true to the realities of the Revolutionary War. Even the fictional parts of the movie were based on some real person or event or a combination of a few actual occurrences. As a whole this movie was exceptionally truthful to American history and rarely strayed from a real event or something that could have occurred at that time.