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Doctor Zhivago (1965)

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Reviews Counted: 31

Fresh: 26

Rotten:5

Average Rating: 7.3/10

Consensus: It may not be the best of David Lean's epics, but Dr. Zhivago is still brilliantly photographed and sweepingly romantic.

Runtime: 3 hrs 20 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: David Lean's DOCTOR ZHIVAGO is an exploration of the Russian Revolution as seen from the point of view of the intellectual, introspective title character (Omar Sharif). As the political landscape... David Lean's DOCTOR ZHIVAGO is an exploration of the Russian Revolution as seen from the point of view of the intellectual, introspective title character (Omar Sharif). As the political landscape changes, and the Czarist regime comes to an end, Dr. Zhivago's relationships reflect the political turmoil raging about him. Though he is married, the vagaries of war lead him to begin a love affair with the beautiful Lara (Julie Christie). But he cannot escape the machinations of a band of selfish and cruel characters: General Strelnikov (Tom Courtenay), a Bolshevik General; Komarovsky (Rod Steiger), Lara's former lover; and Yevgraf (Alec Guinness), Zhivago's sinister half-brother. This epic, sweeping romance, told in flashback, captures the lushness of Moscow before the war and the violent social upheaval that followed. The film is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Boris Pasternak. [More]

Starring: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Alec Guinness

Starring: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Alec Guinness, Tom Courtenay, Siobhan McKenna, Ralph Richardson, Rod Steiger, Rita Tushingham, Klaus Kinski, Adrienne Corri, Geoffrey Keen, Noel Willman

Director: David Lean

Director: David Lean
Producer: Carlo Ponti
Composer: Maurice Jarre

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Jul 28, 1998

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[Lean] seems out of his element.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
01/29/09
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Literate, oldfashioned, soul-filling and thoroughly romantic.

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08/24/08
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Laborious, but beautifully crafted 193 minute opus from the master of epic cinema, David Lean.

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10/17/07
Cole Smithey
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Combining skill and kitsch in equal measure, David Lean's overbloated epic (a disappointing follow-up to Lawrence of Arabia) offers guilty pleasure so long as you don't expect a faithful adaptation of Joe Pasternak's novel about the Russian Revolution.

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08/17/07
Emanuel Levy
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David Lean's 1965 adaptation of Pasternak's romance of the Russian Revolution is intelligent and handsomely mounted, though it doesn't use its length to build to a particularly complex emotional effect.

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08/13/07
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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As always, Lean's handling of the purely physical aspects of the material is spectacular.

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08/13/07
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One of the most meticulously designed and executed films.

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08/13/07
A.D. Murphy
Variety
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Beautiful cinematography...and set design...together with excellent performances combine to form Zhivago's timeless appeal

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08/21/06
Jay Antani
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Steiger and Courtenay excepted, all the performances are very uncomfortable.

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Kevin N. Laforest
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08/27/05
Emanuel Levy
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David Lean masterpiece has great performances, sets

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07/13/05
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07/07/05
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06/10/04
James O'Ehley
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Fails to excite the imagination.

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09/05/03
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Mr. Bolt has reduced the vast upheaval of the Russian Revolution to the banalities of a doomed romance.

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10/11/02
Christopher Smith
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Long, but lovely and romantic, and epic!

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