Cleopatra

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Max G @JohnPaul1086 Mar 16 Meh. Burton looked like he was inebriated most of the time; far too drawn out, of course; and endless dialog. Great sets. See more Eli H @EliHendricks Oct 22 Its a gorgeous looking film, but it is excruciatingly long at four hours. It has a natural endpoint in the middle and probably is an example of a movie that could have been two films. Richard Burton is very good as Marc Antony, everyone else give middling performances. This movie needed to be cut, but Mank couldn't bare to have audiences miss a speck of gold of his immaculate set. You can skip this one unless you've got serious patience. See more John R @RT91501528 Oct 22 This movie is a gorgeous mess. I recently saw it in lovely 70 mm. It really is two movies inartfully smushed together. The casting of the spectacular and talented Elizabeth Taylor as the Middle Eastern Cleopatra does not work very well, although she does well given the script and circumstances. Roddy McDowall's character has a good arc. Rex Harrison and Richard Burton are good but not great. The movie also has too little action for its subject matter. See more Walter H @elBytes Jun 8 I saw this in a theater on its initial release. My date was a no show (sob) but I watched it all, with an intermission that was popular at the time for long movies. The supporting cast make the movie work. Taylor was OK but too old to play a 21 year-old Cleopatra with any credibility, while Burton did not convince me that Antony might've ruled the Roman Empire but for the nagging problem of Octavian. Rex Harrison as Julius Caesar and Roddy McDowell as Octavian make the movie work, as well as other good supporting cast members. It goes on and on but truly is an epic. See more Alexsander F @Aelxs 05/17/2025 Now that's Absolut Cinema, a memorable epic that can be compared to Virgil's great Aeneid. It's four hours that pass in four minutes, but I'm a bit biased since I'm a great enthusiast of Roman history, period films and epics, and this film is a real treat for lovers of history and the great Shakespearean tragedies. See more thiago s @Thiagostone 05/12/2025 Filme bacaninha, o roteiro é mais ou menos, as cenas são bacaninhas, o elenco é mais ou menos, e alguns ajudam a melhorar o filme, a história é bacaninha, os personagens sao bacaninhas, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores. See more Read all reviews

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