Napoleon

Name: Napoleon
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Released: November 22, 2023
Duration: 158 min
Rating: 64
Cast: Ben Miles, Benjamin Chivers, Catherine Walker, Ian McNeice, Joaquin Phoenix

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Columbia Pictures | Release Date: November 22, 2023 | R

Starring: Ben Miles, Benjamin Chivers, Catherine Walker, Ian McNeice, Joaquin Phoenix, John Hollingworth, Ludivine Sagnier, Mark Bonnar, Matthew Needham, Paul Rhys, Rupert Everett, Tahar Rahim, Vanessa Kirby, Youssef Kerkour

Summary: Napoleon is a spectacle-filled action epic that details the checkered rise and fall of the iconic French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (Joaquin Phoenix). Against a stunning backdrop of large-scale filmmaking orchestrated by legendary director Ridley Scott, the film captures Bonaparte's relentless journey to power through the prism of hisNapoleon is a spectacle-filled action epic that details the checkered rise and fall of the iconic French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (Joaquin Phoenix). Against a stunning backdrop of large-scale filmmaking orchestrated by legendary director Ridley Scott, the film captures Bonaparte's relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his one true love, Josephine, showcasing his visionary military and political tactics against some of the most dynamic practical battle sequences ever filmed. … Expand

Director: Ridley Scott

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War

Rating: R

Runtime: 158 min

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The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Nov 14, 2023

Phoenix is the key to it all: a performance as robust as the glass of burgundy he knocks back: preening, brooding, seething and triumphing. Read full review

Collider Ross Bonaime

Nov 14, 2023

Napoleon is a grand film, both in terms of Scott creating a story with a size we’ve rarely seen from him, and the bold, large choices made by a completely game Phoenix. Read full review

Tim Grierson

Nov 14, 2023

Napoleon features exceptional battle scenes as well as tart back-and-forths between these romantic combatants, resulting in a lavish, thoughtful drama that remains entranced and bemused by France’s most notorious emperor — a brilliant strategic mind who could not have been more insecure. Read full review

Soren Andersen

Dec 1, 2023

As far as truly caring about anything that goes on in this epic, well, that’s a chore. And with a run time of more than 2½ hours, that chore becomes ever more burdensome as the minutes tick away. Read full review

The Observer (UK) Wendy Ide

Nov 20, 2023

A man, even a man as combative as Napoleon, amounts to more than the battles he has fought. And it is in this respect that the film is less successful. Read full review

Thelma Adams

Nov 15, 2023

There’s spectacle aplenty — you, go, Sir Ridley Scott — but the overall effect of this dry, unintentionally funny epic is far from spectacular. Read full review

Ann Hornaday

Nov 21, 2023

We don't need another hero, but when it comes to the man at its center, Napoleon could have used a lot more oomph. Read full review

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