The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)

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The Man in the Iron Mask needed more of a jaunty twinkle, more wolfish grins, less thinking and more doing.

June 11, 2010 Full Review

Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

Leonardo DiCaprio times two. What more could you want? Perhaps more thrilling swash and buckle.

March 30, 2009 Full Review

Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

...this version of The Man in the Iron Mask owes more to Star Wars than Star Wars owes to Dumas.

January 27, 2005 Full Review

Philip Martin

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Though a fine actor, DiCaprio is no Errol Flynn. With his choirboy face and chess-club physique, he is scarcely fit to play swashbuckling hero or villain.

June 6, 2003 Full Review

Jeffrey Westhoff

Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Reveals how important it is in middle age to keep one's spiritual ideals alive and shining.

August 21, 2002 Full Review

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality and Practice

A laughably flimsy remake of a frequently told adventure.

July 27, 2002

Scott Weinberg

eFilmCritic.com

Para sorte de Randall Wallace, o material com que ele trabalhava era bom demais para ser estragado. Alexandre Dumas salvou o filme.

May 31, 2002 Full Review

Pablo Villaca

Cinema em Cena

One big advantage this film has -- now brace yourselves -- some of the actors actually speak with French accents!

December 27, 2001 Full Review

Widgett Walls

Needcoffee.com

Alongside previous men in the iron mask, the '98 contender doesn't amount to much.

July 31, 2001 Full Review

Harry Haun

Film Journal International

Unless you have a thing for DiCaprio, you're better off renting any of the other adaptations.

July 31, 2001 Full Review

Steve Rhodes

Internet Reviews

a well-made adventure film that doesn't have much adventure

July 31, 2001 Full Review

James Kendrick

Q Network Film Desk

Verges on unconscious parody.

July 31, 2001 Full Review

Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

Features acting which is beyond reproach.

April 2, 2001 Full Review

Andrew Howe

Film Written Magazine

• 1. Aramis: [narrating] Some of this is legend, but at least this much is fact - when rioting citizens of France destroyed the Bastille, they discovered within its records this mysterious entry: Prisoner # 64389000 - The Man in the Iron Mask.
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• 1. Athos: [to Phillipe] Once I, once all of us, believed in serving something greater than ourselves. Aramis had his faith, Porthos his lust for life, D'Artagnan his devotion and I had Raoul. But we all had a common dream. That one day we would finally be able to serve a king who was worthy of the throne. It is what we dreamt, what we bled for, and what we have waited a lifetime to see. I taught Raoul to believe in that dream, and now my son is dead. And now I want to know if my son's life was in vain, and the only person who can answer that is you.
  – Submitted by Lea L (2 years ago)
• 1. Athos: D'Artagnan, I have never known a finer man than you nor cared more for a friend, but if this king harms my son merely to take a lover, then this king will become my enemy. And so will any man who stands between that enemy and me.
  – Submitted by Lea L (2 years ago)
• 1. Philippe: I wear the mask. It does not wear me.
  – Submitted by Lea L (2 years ago)
• 1. D'Artagnan: Anne, to love you is treason against France. But not to love you is treason against my heart.
  – Submitted by Lea L (2 years ago)
• 1. Louis XIV: D'Artagnan, you will hunt down Porthos, Athos, and Aramis, and bring me their heads, or I will have yours. And as for you, my brother, back to the prison you will go, and into the mask you hate. Wear it 'til you love it! And die in it.
  – Submitted by Lea L (2 years ago)

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