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The Warrior (2005)
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Reviews Counted:41
Fresh:34
Rotten:7
Average Rating:6.8/10
Consensus: This simple but beautifully photographed film tells a timeless tale.
Theatrical Release:Jul 15, 2005 Limited
Synopsis: Named the Best British Film at the 2003 British Academy of Film and Television Awards, THE WARRIOR is a poignant look at the choices people are forced to make in order to survive. Irfan Khan is... [More]
Starring: Irrfan Khan, Puru Chhibber, Anupam Shyam, Aino Annuddin
Director: Asif Kapadia
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Reviews for The Warrior
If this moralistic apologue appears a tad too simplistic, at least the pictures are pretty.
07/12/05
Top CriticIf you have patience, this is a stately, beautifully composed story.
07/15/05
Top CriticNarrative elegance and rapturous imagery highlight The Warrior...[as well as] the dark charisma of leading man Khan...and lovely vistas.
07/13/05
This is a timeless tale; the time period is irrelevant as the story is a profoundly personal one about trying to reject the strong internal drive for vengeance.
12/31/02
This is a timeless tale; the time period is irrelevant as the story is a profoundly personal one about trying to reject the strong internal drive for vengeance.
07/13/05
What is best in the film is its depiction of the warrior's epic journey, photographed with breathtaking beauty and simplicity by Roman Osin.
07/28/05
Top CriticIt's in the larger canvas that the picture ends up short, with an elliptical style that sometimes leaves the viewer bereft of information and a seeming unwillingness to dig deeper into the psychology of its main character.
07/12/05
Top CriticA beautiful and affecting meditation on what it takes to bring about peace.
07/16/05
A visually stunning achievement.
07/14/05
Although the plot is over-simplistic, Kapadia sucks us into his exotic world using cinematic magic.
04/22/02
A mournful meditation on killing for a living, Asif Kapadia's film is by turns poetic and preachy. It's also unexpectedly gripping.
07/29/05
A work of rare and consuming integrity
07/21/05
A sublime rarity, with its renegade warrior's inner struggle reflecting our wayward society's quest to rediscover its lost soul.
12/08/05
I much prefer the full-throated passion of The Gate of the Sun, but it's to the film's credit that it's able to say so much with very little words.
06/22/05
Asif Kapadia's feature debut is a minimalist but strikingly beautiful tale of renounced violence told with uncommon precision and depth.
07/15/05
Top CriticLong before the end, it takes on the quality of a wise fable and reveals itself as an enriching experience.
07/29/05
Top CriticIt is hardly the most original story, but Kapadia, the British-born son of Indian immigrants, infuses it so much with stately resonance and spiritual reverence, that it never seems remotely shopworn, much less laborious.
08/05/05
Top CriticConsidering that this is a film set in feudal India of an indefinite era, the film should be surprisingly thoughtful and engaging for American audience.
12/25/05
If subtitles turn you off of foreign movies, you won't have much of a problem with this one. Most of the film is carried by Khan's expressive face.
12/04/05
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