The Four Feathers

Name: The Four Feathers
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Released: September 20, 2002
Duration: 131 min
Rating: 49
Cast: Kate Hudson, Wes Bentley

2002

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Paramount Pictures | Release Date: September 20, 2002 | R

Starring: Kate Hudson, Wes Bentley

Summary: A gripping adventure of epic proportions, this is a story of heroic redemption, undying loyalty and rivalry in love. A sweeping saga that captures a friend's bond and a hero's destiny, The Four Feathers is a look at man's indomitable spirit to survive. (Miramax)

Director: Shekhar Kapur

Genre(s): Adventure, Drama, War

Rating: R

Runtime: 131 min

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Lou Lumenick

Splendidly spectacular, intelligent and very well-acted. Read full review

David Sterritt

The Four Feathers ends on the same dubious note as "Black Hawk Down" and other recent war movies, suggesting that loyalty in the trenches -- not the reason for fighting in the first place -- is all that matters. Many will disagree. Read full review

Lawrence Toppman

Kapur’s contradictory feelings about his material result in a movie that works against itself. As righteous and consistent as his anger may be -- it’s displayed from the opening title cards to the final shot -- it doesn’t blend successfully with the story. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Its virtues can't outweigh the disappointment of a movie that might have been a rousing old-fashioned epic, or better yet a provocative reworking of an old epic, and instead became a muddle. Read full review

Stephen Hunter

The movie's deeper problem and its primary disappointment: its unwillingness to deal directly with the issue of colonialism. Read full review

Carrie Rickey

The good news is that it sees what a jihad looks like from both sides. The bad news is that it's not a very good movie, with three fine performances and two great sequences. Read full review

Charles Taylor

Hoary epic of British Empire valor and cowardice, remade for seventh time, remains rot, old boy. Read full review

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pinkscreen

Feb 20, 2012

The book was a masterpiece, and the adaptation fantastic is quite good. The desert the cold england, the battlefield scene are exactly how I imagined it in the book.

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Valgeth

Oct 21, 2020

A rousing tragedy that manages to become a heart warming story. It has many wide scenic shots which are spectacular to look at. The movie has this parallel between the opening sequence and parts of the later story, like the rugby scene or the ball room scene where they form a square. HoweverA rousing tragedy that manages to become a heart warming story. It has many wide scenic shots which are spectacular to look at. The movie has this parallel between the opening sequence and parts of the later story, like the rugby scene or the ball room scene where they form a square. However the execution of the story is a bit idiotic, the character's decision making is rather dubious but at the end of the day it can all be forgiven once the wholeness of the story comes together, this is a bane and a boon, at some point I wondered what the meaning of it all was, but later on it became clear. And just as a history bit, the British were in fact the "good" guys in the story, the Arabs being the ones who had conquered and enslaved Sudan. The movie is along the same time with Khartoum, which is perhaps even more tragic.… Expand

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Came

Jun 24, 2019

A fun adventure film that stars the talented Heath Ledger with good action scenes and a great story.

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