| Fine Line Features | Release Date: October 29, 1999 | CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION | ||
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Positive:
16
Mixed:
10
Negative:
2
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Critic Reviews
There's a ton of joy in The Legend of 1900 -- but it's laid on so thick that one ends up more numbed than stirred, overcome by one too many Hallmark moments.
Its protagonist haven't enough emotional substance to carry them through the long, darkly lit introspective sequences.
Foggy allegories and misty metaphors.
The sort of movie that both rewards and tries your patience.
A magic-realistic fable whose lows soon prove as infuriating as its highs are intoxicating.
A muddled fantasy revolving around a really good cruise ship piano player, doesn''t live up to its title.
It's a wonderful reminder of the importance of music in the movies.
This one is often more interesting than involving.
Careening wildly between fairy tale and drama it doesn't know when to call it quits.
There is one scene in The Legend of 1900 that is easily worth the price of admission. It finds the ship heeling in an Atlantic storm. In the ballroom Roth plays the piano as it moves and slides in an eerie waltz around the floor.
The Legend of 1900 is still fresh; like the dawning of a new age, it feels like an awakening.
What could have been an insightful, irresistible movie is instead a simple, self-contained fable, pleasing to look at but meaningless
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