The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
Roadside Attractions | Release Date: November 15, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
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2
Negative:
7
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40
VarietyJoe LeydonNov 16, 2019
Too tepidly sincere to consistently excite or amuse. What keeps it at least moderately interesting on a scene-to-scene basis is the novelty value of seeing a strong and self-confident woman, credibly portrayed by Devika Bhise. Read full review
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Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerNov 13, 2019
What's disappointing, especially considering Swati's background in dance, is how static the film feels, and how lumpen the story becomes. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreNov 16, 2019
She had to be more charismatic than this to inspire over the ages. Read full review
37
Washington PostMark JenkinsNov 11, 2019
The story of an insurgent Indian woman certainly seems timely in 2019. Too bad the new account of her uprising, The Warrior Queen of Jhansi, is as stodgy as a movie from 1958, if not earlier. Read full review
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Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleNov 14, 2019
As dramatized, “The Warrior Queen” takes all the biopic shortcuts (narration, sped-up timeline, ham-fisted exposition) only to get to a depiction of the drumbeat to conflict that traffics in platitudes and clichés. Read full review
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The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisNov 14, 2019
An unfortunately clunky, relentlessly corny salute to Rani Laxmibai. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsNov 15, 2019
Warrior Queen is not the first movie about this subject to be helmed by a woman — “Manikarnika” was co-directed by star Kangana Ranaut — nor does it feature a stand-out performance like those other movies do (Ranaut is very good in “Manikarnika”). So while I suppose you could do worse than The Warrior Queen of Jhansi, I know you could do better. Read full review
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerNov 14, 2019
Awkwardly constructed with laughable romantic suggestions, sword-based gore and a whimsical approach to chronological accuracy, the story involves the Indian uprising against the British East India Company. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonNov 13, 2019
The fact is that too much time is spent with the British characters in the film, time that could have been spent really getting into Rani’s story. She was fighting for the independence of India, but the filmmakers lost their own colonial battle. Read full review
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