Peterloo

Amazon Studios | Release Date: April 5, 2019

5.5	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 22 Ratings

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amheretojudgeJun 21, 2019

Leigh's probably the weakest link in his collection, definitely ambitious and rich, but breathes sad air.

Peterloo Leigh is going through historical events. Day by day, if you ask me. I am a fan of, the writer and director, Mike Leigh'sLeigh's probably the weakest link in his collection, definitely ambitious and rich, but breathes sad air.

Peterloo

Leigh is going through historical events. Day by day, if you ask me. I am a fan of, the writer and director, Mike Leigh's work for a while now, and yet there lies this project. The effort, the art and his work is admirable, something you won't feel until you see those curtains fall and the massacre gets to you, not manipulatively, but infomercially. But to reach that moment, Leigh asks for a lot from you. First of all, let me compliment his big verbal game that he has staged in this film. It preaches, speeches, gossips, bargains, complaints, bickers, converses, monologues, threatens, provokes, orders and whatnot to woo you. The film has loads of characters to cover in one ground. Since they are all heading towards one big field, the finale. The perspective matters just as the motifs behind it.

But covering these many tracks for this much time- it is surprisingly long, like A Passage To India long long- the transition ought to be smooth. And Leigh is smart enough to arrange the puzzles like a trail. But surprisingly he doesn't feel the need to follow a fluid change in transition. Which is smart, since, he has broken the entire narration into its own entirety. The scenarios stands for what they are. Not interdependent on any of the incidents following or preceding it- loosely, of course. But here is where he digs his own grave.

Even though he has wisely kept one and only one target for the audience to look forward to. You cannot help yourself but get disenchanted every time he switches from one window to another. Another reason why it takes a while to time jump back into that chaos, is because Leigh organizes and jumbles the scene, the set, the players, on screen. There is a lot of "not this, not that" than being "bad this, flawed that", which undoubtedly shows his experience. For instance a film of such length asks for little treats and fascinating elements, convincing its audience to hold onto their seats. It is not their. Not in Peterloo.… Expand

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OzayricaJul 16, 2019

This movie tries to do character development by using extremely unnecessary and jarringly slow scenes mostly composed of the extremes of either drawn out speeches or small actions or but it ends up being tepidly overlong and characters areThis movie tries to do character development by using extremely unnecessary and jarringly slow scenes mostly composed of the extremes of either drawn out speeches or small actions or but it ends up being tepidly overlong and characters are portrayed stifilingly lifelessly and by time the runtime has elapsed you will look back on a two hours which are worse than boring or droning - actively unenjoyable to watch.… Expand

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whitewalker999Apr 11, 2019

I went into this movie expecting to love it (being a Mike Lee fan & history buff) but instead found myself checking emails half way through; something I've never done before but by that time half the audience had left so there was no oneI went into this movie expecting to love it (being a Mike Lee fan & history buff) but instead found myself checking emails half way through; something I've never done before but by that time half the audience had left so there was no one sitting behind me to disturb. The first 2 hours of the film are spent on the build up to the massacre with a scant 3 scenes post-massacre & zero information on what happened as a result of it. The film is clearly Mike Leigh's response to Brexit & possibly his depressing message is that no matter how often the common masses outside of London rise up to challenge a government that is supposed to be governing on their behalf but isn't, nothing changes; but looking at the bigger historical picture that's not true. Overall I think this subject-matter would have lent itself far better to a limited TV series than this over-long movie which whilst beautifully shot & acted was light on drama.… Expand

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Mauro_LanariJun 30, 2021

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Predictable super flop at the box office as Leigh "deprives Peterloo of proletarian emphasis, thus addressing it to an intellectual audience rather than to that audience that should make indignant and, perhaps, even rebel"(Mauro Lanari)
Predictable super flop at the box office as Leigh "deprives Peterloo of proletarian emphasis, thus addressing it to an intellectual audience rather than to that audience that should make indignant and, perhaps, even rebel" (Daria Pomponio). "The meticulous analysis of the vanity of the word in both factions and the coldness, austerity, detachment as an antidote to such rhetoric are excessive" (Aldo Spiniello), the caricatured and grotesque deformations (Grosz instead of Turner) are superfluous, and at the end the epicness and the emotional involvement pay the price: it would have been much less boring to read an essay on the subject.… Expand

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imhervJun 22, 2020

Peterloo shows a vision on the part of the people, from its construction to its execution. I consider it a good film since the film shows its base, its integration within Manchester until the end of the well-known Massacre of Peterloo inPeterloo shows a vision on the part of the people, from its construction to its execution. I consider it a good film since the film shows its base, its integration within Manchester until the end of the well-known Massacre of Peterloo in 1819, a year before the Industrial Revolution. What becomes crucial in the history of the film 'Peterloo'.… Expand

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