1911
Well Go | Release Date: October 7, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
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9
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4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenOct 7, 2011
Throughout 1911 the sense of dutiful intentions blocks any building momentum. When an English-speaking character appears to declare that history is being made, it only underlines the obvious. Read full review
50
New York PostSara StewartOct 7, 2011
Sweeping, if exhausting, historical epic set at the turn of the 20th century. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Stephen ColeOct 6, 2011
If 1911 doesn't impress as historical spectacle, neither does it rank high as a Jackie Chan film. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonOct 6, 2011
Chan, though, is very good in an all-dramatic role as a rebel general. There's lots of battle scenes, well-filmed, but only one martial arts scene. It seems out of place, but is most welcome nonetheless. Read full review
50
The New York TimesRachel SaltzOct 6, 2011
What should be rousing stuff - a republic is born! the chains of feudalism thrown off! - remains a kind of lavishly illustrated history lesson. Even the irrepressible Mr. Chan (this is his 100th film) seems subdued. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierOct 7, 2011
This drama, as traditional as its subject was epochal, is earnest and studious to a fault. Rarely has a film about upheaval felt more like a textbook. Read full review
40
MovielineAlison WillmoreOct 6, 2011
1911 isn't propaganda but more a relentless, serious, fiercely nationalistic bit of historical mythmaking. Read full review
40
Time OutNick SchagerOct 4, 2011
The star and co-director appears hopelessly out of place, trapped in a variety of awkward-fitting uniforms while forced to offer up laughably obvious battlefield advice ("Avoid gunfire!"). Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterMaggie LeeOct 4, 2011
Chan has not injected any of his playful charm or physical virtuosity into Wang Xingdong's and Chen Baoguang's insipid, poorly structured screenplay.
38
Slant MagazineBill WeberOct 10, 2011
Adhering to what is apparently a formula for national superproductions, 1911 throws dates and names on the screen with unceasing speed and frequent irrelevance -- gratuitously identifying a walk-on as "German diplomat." Read full review
38
Boston GlobeMark FeeneyOct 6, 2011
It swoops, it pans, it noses around. The camerawork is almost as agitated as the editing. The directors seem to be trying to compensate for all the speechifying with as much random motion as possible. Read full review
30
VarietyJustin ChangOct 4, 2011
Resulting mish-mash of exposition and speechifying opts to summarize rather than dramatize; one spends nearly as much time reading indigestible lumps of onscreen text as one does listening to the often distractingly post-dubbed dialogue. Read full review
30
Village VoiceNick PinkertonOct 4, 2011
If the success of epic storytelling were determined by the sheer number of unnecessary on-screen name tags, 1911 would be a masterpiece. But the small matters of characterization, audience identification, and scene-making are entirely absent here. Read full review
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