... DeMille's lavish but stilted film... is all production value and no style.
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04/09/09
Cleopatra (1934)
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Reviews Counted:8
Fresh:7
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Grandiose, epic, and vintage Hollywood. Claudette Colbert stars as the captivating and powerful Queen of Egypt in this classic Hollywood film. When Julius Caesar, the leader of the Roman Empire,... [More]
Starring: Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Henry Wilcoxon, Gertrude Michael
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
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03/26/09
Top CriticDespite many incongruous elements, like treating the text as soap opera and the dialogue as gossip, this is one of DeMille's most enjoyable films, superior to Mankiewicz 1963 version, in large part due to Claudette Colbert's sexy interpretation.
03/09/08
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06/24/06
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03/25/06
Top CriticDeMille at his most DeMille.
11/01/04
It's fun to watch -- no, it's stunning to watch, because of all the money that DeMille and company threw at the screen.
09/12/04
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02/23/04
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05/24/03
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12/15/02
Typical overblown DeMille "historical" spectacle.
07/30/02
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01/01/00
Top CriticThe master showman Cecil B. DeMille's Cleopatra (1934) is a modernistic 1930s costume spectacle that reshapes the Cleopatra story
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