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4 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 38The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerAs entertainment, the film is pedantic and over-dramatic, with the string section working overtime on the soundtrack.
- 30Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinThe historical saga can feel cursory, at times unconvincingly rendered given how many events and far-flung locales this overly ambitious film strains to cover on a seemingly limited budget.
- 30The New York TimesRachel SaltzThe New York TimesRachel SaltzA dramatic life does not necessarily a dramatic film make.
- 30VarietyJay WeissbergVarietyJay WeissbergClunkily scripted and generically pretty in a Stately Home porn kind of way, the film is vaguely accurate in its sequence of events but falls completely flat on personal relationships, psychology and political undercurrents — in other words, the stuff that makes history come alive.