Queen of the Desert
IFC Films | Release Date: April 7, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
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2
Mixed:
11
Negative:
5
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Boston GlobeTy BurrApr 6, 2017
In no way, shape, or fashion does Queen of the Desert qualify as a good movie, but for fans of Werner Herzog — those of us who have followed cinema’s Teutonic imp of the perverse since the 1970s, when he was staging all-dwarf fables and sending conquistadors across mountains — it is fascinating and something close to a must-see. Read full review
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Washington PostMichael O'SullivanApr 6, 2017
Though Kidman delivers a workmanlike performance, the story manages to be soppy and ploddingly dull, told via a screenplay that drives home the fact that it’s not really about momentous events, but momentous feelings. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comAngelica Jade BastienApr 7, 2017
Ends up being an emotionally empty, thematically ill-defined, and listless affair. It is never able to communicate the complexity of the woman at its center. Read full review
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IndieWireNeil YoungFeb 8, 2015
Choosing to make a film about such an astonishing, rule-disregarding, inspirational woman and concentrate on her relationships with fellas...is questionable enough as it is – but if Herzog had managed to properly dramatize those relationships, he might have conceivably gotten away with it, rather than ending up with this exercise in syrupy, (sometimes cringe-inducing) banality. Read full review
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Slant MagazineChuck BowenApr 4, 2017
Throughout Queen of the Desert's narrative, there's no sense of danger, of texture, or even of a rudimentary idea of what's truly driving Gertrude Bell. Read full review
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