History YMMV / BraveHeart

* AmericansHateTingle: Although there is a stereotype that supporters of Scottish independence love this movie, in fact, pretty much everyone in Scotland loathes it, for its relentless historical inaccuracy and general [[{{Anvilicious}} Anviliciousness]].

--> '''Hamish''': Is your father a ghost or do you converse with the Almighty?
--> '''Stephen''': In order to find his equal an Irishman is ''forced'' to talk to God. ''(to the sky)'' Yes, Father! ''(back to Hamish)'' The Almighty says, "Don't change the subject; just answer the fookin' question."

* JerkassWoobie: Prince Edward is by no means a likeable guy (cowardly, clueless, treats his wife poorly) but his [[{{Jerkass}} jerkassery]] could be [[FreudianExcuse explained]] by the [[SarcasmMode great relationship]] he has with his [[AbusiveParents good old dad]]. He's also probably struggling with his homosexuality in [[DeliberateValuesDissonance a very unfriendly environment to gay people]], stuck in a marriage he didn't want and his lover eventually killed by his father. When his wife gives him and his father TheReasonYouSuckSpeech saying they don't even know what mercy is as well as love, for a moment he seems distraught (he has lost his companion and lover) supporting this AlternativeCharacterInterpretation.

* MoralEventHorizon: When the Magistrate responds to an attempted rape by one of his soldiers by publically executing the ''victim'' - Murron - and [[TemptingFate daring Wallace to come to him]]. The atrocities trigger off a peasant revolt, get his [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge entire garrison killed]] (special mention goes to the attempted rapist, who is ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice) and almost bring down the entire English kingdom. Talk about LaserGuidedKarma!

** Though it's more of a Regular Effects Failure, during the very end of one of the battles, you can see a couple of extras in the background are only half-heartedly and slowly bumping their swords together and aren't really fighting.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The film makes up so much ahistorical crap to villainze Edward I, and yet inexplicably misses out the Edict of Expulsion; something that would immediately make him look awful to modern audiences[[note]]This is also HarsherInHindsight, after Gibson made a number of antisemitic comments; it at least makes it look like he didn't think throwing all Jews out of England was a bad thing, so he had to make something up[[/note]].

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The film makes up so much ahistorical crap to villainze Edward I, and yet inexplicably misses out the Edict of Expulsion- something that would immediately make him look awful to modern audiences.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: The scene where Prince Edward's lover gets thrown out a window. According to the filmmakers, this was unintentional.

* AwesomeMusic: One thing universally agreed upon for this movie is that for all its flaws, James Horner once gain made a glorious score for this movie.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: During the Battle of Stirling, Campbell the Elder gets his left hand chopped off. It is incredibly obvious that it's a prop due to the fake hand not being properly attached, looking visibly bent and not being in motion with the actor's movements.

* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: The film was apparently a huge hit in Tibet, where people related to the struggle for self-determination.
** Scots, on the other hand, absolutely loathe the film for taking what had the makings of a decently accurate biopic about national hero Robert the Bruce, and basically pick-and-mixing the entirety of Scottish history to make up a story that would be palatable to an American audience. What the film does in Scottish eyes is basically like making a film about the American War of Independence, but making Horatio Gates the main character, attributing everything George Washington did to him, and also making him Cherokee and the inventor of the Ferguson rifle, and dressing him in baggy jeans and a top hat.