Columbia Pictures | Release Date: September 20, 2002
8.6
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Universal acclaim based on 398 Ratings
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HiddenAceSep 20, 2017
A 'movie' I recommend, but notice I give it only 5/10. You should not expect an adventure story as many sites list it, instead you will find the rest are true; a Biography War Drama. A perfect comparison to this story is the movie: 'The TenA 'movie' I recommend, but notice I give it only 5/10. You should not expect an adventure story as many sites list it, instead you will find the rest are true; a Biography War Drama. A perfect comparison to this story is the movie: 'The Ten Commandments'. An extremely long look at a piece of history. This film fails as a solely entertaining experience. If you do not want to know this piece of (biased)history then don't watch this movie. I watched this because it was voted top Adventure movie in many places, but I would not call this an adventure, more a biography as stated before. There is no structure to make this an interesting and exciting story, just a historical retelling with only its events as pacing, making it slow and unsuspenseful.
It certainly didn't need the extra hour and a half it took, but lacking any structure they decided to show everything they had and cut nothing.

Overall I liked the movie despite the score, but it certainly is no adventure movie or anything worth 3 and a half hours unless you're into movies like the ten commandments. Look to other movies for entertainment, especially in the adventure category.
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311433Dec 14, 2019
It's long, it's dated, it's an old style Hollywood epic. One of the best of the last if you are into that sort of thing. All 8 critics here have given it 100 points, but what do they know?
Has some beautiful shots and some very long ones. I
It's long, it's dated, it's an old style Hollywood epic. One of the best of the last if you are into that sort of thing. All 8 critics here have given it 100 points, but what do they know?
Has some beautiful shots and some very long ones. I watched on TV, albeit an enormous screen so quality of image and sound were not diminished, on the downside I paused it few times for food and phone breaks.
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AndrewHordMay 29, 2020
I`m one of this low number of people ,who do not like this film. I just think Lean`s films are not my cup of tea.Yeah,undoubtedly,it has stunning visual ,but besides it,i can`t find anything interesting in it.
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