Interesting look at life in the Russian military, but to what purpose?
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07/20/08
Alexandra (2008)
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Reviews Counted:51
Fresh:47
Rotten:4
Average Rating:7.5/10
Consensus: At once ethereal and tangible, Aleksandr Sokurov's humane Chechen War drama features a spectacular turn by opera star Galina Vishnevskay.
Theatrical Release:Mar 26, 2008 Limited
Synopsis: From the director of Russian Ark, a viscerally powerful new film starring opera legend Galina Vishnevskaya. --© Cinema Guild
Reviews for Alexandra
Sokurov's excellent new Alexandra begins with an almost laughable scenario.
05/29/08
The eerie haze of the visuals, the half-babble of music and the toneless, teasing dialogue dance attendance on the strangest ghost of all: Galina Vishnevskaya.
09/26/08
Stark but moving snapshot of men on the front line of a nation's nightmare.
05/25/07
Top Critic... at times humorous, at times touching, and unfortunately, at times tedious and distancing.
06/09/08
Perhaps Sokurov's film will leave some viewers as weary as its protagonist, but this intimate and evocative journey through war is well worth taking.
09/19/08
Here is what filmmaking looks like at its absolute best: a movie of bold and aggressive originality that expresses itself with the utmost delicacy.
08/22/08
hits on something painful and intrinsically human: the feeling of inevitable disillusionment
03/25/08
Sokurov applies a thoughtful, humanist spin to the Chechen war – or any war – in this quiet mediation.
11/17/07
Apart from a thoroughly irritating background track of schmaltzy classical music, this is Sokurov at his shortest and most digestible.
09/26/08
A bone-weariness pervades every inch of the film; even the light is bleached dry of vitality.
09/26/08
...a film for the thoughtful, discerning filmgoer who is looking for something not made in the Hollywood, USA.
06/13/08
Without mounting a soap box, the film makes eloquent points about the struggle.
04/17/08
Top CriticEccentric and tender, it is a picture out for grace rather than polemics, and it finds enough to make one see emotional intimacy anew
08/27/09
Alexander Sokurov’s Alexandra feels like a communiqué from another time, another place, anywhere but here.
03/26/08
Top CriticRemarkable, how little Sokurov tells us, while telling us so much.
08/08/08
Top CriticIt's a film of small details rather than big gestures...and all the more powerful for it.
09/26/08
To laud [Alexander] Sokurov’s latest film for being accessible is faint praise, as if the fact that you don’t need a Ph.D. in Russian history to watch it constitutes its worthiness.
03/27/08
Russian director Alexander Sokurov brings a political edge to the intra-family dynamics with this relatively straightforward tale of a grandmother's trip to an embattled region of Russia for a visit with her grandson.
03/26/08
This is as faultless a film as I’ve seen in a long time — certainly my best film of 2007.
11/13/07
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