Males voted this 8.3, females only 5.4

If men gave 8.3 and women gave 5.4, Then why is the final score not between those two scores?

It's the "Females Under 18" category that I can never understand; the votes from that sex/age group shouldn't even be counted in the total.

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"What we've got here is... failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach."

Not that this would interest anyone, but I'm female, 34 years old and have given this movie a 10. This statistic baffles me profoundly - I haven't spoken to a single person who's seen this movie, male or female, who hasn't considered it a masterpiece.

Women don't like deep, mature movies. That's all

Omae wa mo shinderu

Well, I am a female who gave this a 10 by the way. If I could I would give it a higher rating. I think the rating doesnt account for much, it's just a matter of who has the patience for writing and rating, as well as there are just many people who simply aren't aware of films such as this. I am certain any female who would see this would rate it as high. In fact, it is quite inspiring to see women take on such active roles in their society and for their people.
A film like this does appeal to the element of aggressivity and violence that "might" be more inate in men..., so that may turn off females initially. But once you get past that and see this for what it really is, a dialogue and and historical account of the Battle of Algiers, then one may understand the nature of the violence invloved.

Be careful how you make generalizations about taste.

I suspect a lot of "women" voting here are actually young girls. "Women" tend not to vote as much on internet forums as males, more younger females (teens) do. I also think some women and girls are very put off by violence, war themes and battles.

This "woman" of mature years gave this film a 9 - it was one of the most inlfuential and brilliant films I ever saw.

I ain't no girl and I generally don't like girly films.

Legaly Blond - pulleaze!

My Top 25 favorite films, or - perhaps more accurately - my top 25 *today*:

1. Rules of the Game
2. Modern Times
3. Tokyo Story
4. Passion of Joan of Arc
5. The Red Shoes
6. Goodfellas
7. The Conversation
8. The Searchers
9. The Third Man
10. Rear Window
11. The Draughtman's Contract
12. Performance
13. The Story of Floating Weeds
14. Sunrise
15. Brazil
16. The Lady Eve
17. The Maltese Falcon
18. Rashomon
19. L'Atalante
20. The Grifters
22. Blue Velvet
23. Singin' In The Rain
24. Dr. Strangelove
25. La Bell et le bete

Hon.Mention:
I Know Where I'm Going
Fanny & Alexander
Blade Runner
Some Like It Hot
2001
Master & Commander, Far Side of the World
Lone Star
Do The Right Thing
City of Lost Children

My favorite films of 2006 included:
Children of Men, Pan's Labyrinth, United 93, The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, The Departed, Inside Man, Tristram Shandy/A Cock & Bull Story, Army of Shadows

Now...looking at these lists, if I hadn't told you I was a woman, would you have guessed my gender from the films I selected???

I'm a woman and I voted an 8 for this movie.

I'm a woman. I have no idea why people would rate it low, male or female.
I rated it a 10.

The Battle of Algiers is one of my favourite films EVER.
I will try to discuss some points that previous posters with good points have not mentioned that I feel ring true.

The cinematography is impeccable. The sheer traffic of people in every scene of the film. How amazingly natural and human all the masses of people protesting, crowding, lining up, fighting, running, gathering are. In the scene shown after La Pointe is out of jail, you can see the movmement and behaviour of the kids... it's so real. The scene after the house in the Casbah is bombed and La Pointe leads the people through the area, the boy managing to finally get to him... there is so much attention to detail of human movement.... THIS is cinema, people!!!

The sheer eloquence in the dialogue is really piercing with parallels to the current conflicts in the world. IMDB quote page for this movie has plenty of examples to refresh the mind.

Morricone's soundtrack...It is so deceiving in how the main theme is repeated in different variations. It is so subtle in comparison to his other soundtracks like Man with No Name films (obviously because it's a whole other subject) but it is filled with a haunting larger human power. Women being portrayed as tools someone might say? Did you not hear how loud their BATTLE CRIES are in the final scenes? Piercing!!