Monsieur N.

Name: Monsieur N.
Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Released: January 21, 2005
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 65

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Empire Pictures | Release Date: January 21, 2005 | Unrated

Summary: After his defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled to the south Atlantic island of St. Helena, where he died a few years later. Or did he?
Using a combination of historical record and creative speculation, Antoine de Caunes has created a fascinating portrait of the Emperor's exile. (Empire Pictures)

Director: Antoine De Caunes

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, Mystery

Rating: Unrated

Runtime: 120 min

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Ray Bennett

With some excellent staging, fine cinematography and first-rate acting, the film largely overcomes the awe it demonstrates for its principal character and succeeds in creating a mystery where perhaps there is none. Read full review

Stanley Kauffmann

The film holds us principally because of its Napoleon. Philippe Torreton doesn't perform the role: he exists. Read full review

Stephen Holden

If it all adds up to too much for one film to encompass with ease, Monsieur N, is certainly richer than most of what you'll find on the History Channel. Read full review

Ella Taylor

And though at over two hours the movie is too long and too slow, de Caunes sustains a sense of mystery and ambiguity to the end of what is both a satisfying character study and a stately quasi-thriller for amateur historians. Read full review

Noel Murray

De Caunes and screenwriter René Manzor do well when they dwell on history from a mundane human perspective, but Monsieur N. is too dry and too unsurprising for its two-hour running time. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

As modest conspiracy-mongering, the movie is perfectly robust, earning its dramatic impact from its classical sense of intrigue and Philippe Torreton's testy performance in the title role. Read full review

Jack Mathews

The second half of Antoine de Caunes' Monsieur N., about the post-exile life and death of Napoleon, plays less like a movie than a suggestion for one. This is a great disappointment because the first half is very cinematic and very compelling. Read full review

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IgorC.

Oct 7, 2005

Beautiful to watch but script plods & steps on it's wank for more than 2 hours. I'll never get those 2 hours back!

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