[Lean] seems out of his element.
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01/29/09
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
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Reviews Counted:30
Fresh:25
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... [More]
Starring: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Alec Guinness
Director: David Lean
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Reviews for Doctor Zhivago
Beautiful cinematography...and set design...together with excellent performances combine to form Zhivago's timeless appeal
08/21/06
The movie is something that should be experienced by everyone at least once in a lifetime.
01/01/00
Often the dialogue is nearly as rich as the costumes and settings.
09/26/01
Mr. Bolt has reduced the vast upheaval of the Russian Revolution to the banalities of a doomed romance.
05/20/03
Top CriticAlthough its portentous historical drama evaporates once you return to the fresh air, watching it can be seductive.
01/01/00
Top CriticLean's last great film.
04/17/01
Plays as a sweeping, episodic tale set against the backdrop of World War I and the Russian Revolution, with some of the most stunning vistas ever captured on film.
01/01/00
Lean's mastery of the epic form makes up for a weak central love story
11/25/01
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.
08/13/07
Top CriticCombining 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.
08/17/07
One of the most meticulously designed and executed films.
08/13/07
Top CriticLean discovered, and fell in love with, Julie Christie, and knew straightaway that his audience would too.
01/01/00
The film is shot after shot, scene after scene, of glorious beauty...it remains in the hearts of countless moviegoers as one of the greatest romances ever filmed.
10/24/01
When the bland epics of Sir Richard Attenborough and Roland Joffe are long forgotten, people will still be watching David Lean's work.
01/01/00
Fails to excite the imagination.
05/01/04
As always, Lean's handling of the purely physical aspects of the material is spectacular.
08/13/07
Top CriticSteiger and Courtenay excepted, all the performances are very uncomfortable.
01/26/06
Top CriticLiterate, oldfashioned, soul-filling and thoroughly romantic.
08/24/08
Top CriticLaborious, but beautifully crafted 193 minute opus from the master of epic cinema, David Lean.
03/04/08
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