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Critical reception for the film was highly positive, with much praise for the realistic battle scenes and the actors ' performances, but earning some criticism for ignoring the contributions of several other countries to the D-Day landings in general and at Omaha Beach specifically.

The most direct example of the latter is that during the actual landing the 2nd Rangers disembarked from British ships and were taken to Omaha Beach by Royal Navy landing craft ( LCAs ).

The film depicts them as being United States Coast Guard-crewed craft ( LCVPs and LCMs ) from an American ship, the USS Thomas Jefferson ( APA-30 ).

This criticism was far from universal with other critics recognizing the director's intent to make an " American " film.

The film was not released in Malaysia after Spielberg refused to cut the violent scenes ; however, the film was finally released there on DVD with an 18SG certificate much later in 2005.

It currently scores 93 % " Certified Fresh " on Rotten Tomatoes and 90 % on Metacritic, two film review aggregate sites.

Many critics associations, such as New York Critics Circle and Los Angeles Film Critics Association, chose Saving Private Ryan as Film of the Year.

Roger Ebert gave it four stars out of four and called it " a powerful experience ".