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10 Questions for the Dalai Lama (2007)

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Reviews Counted:13

Fresh:10

Rotten:3

Average Rating:6.7/10

Runtime: 85 mins

Genre: Education/General Interest

Synopsis: In this documentary, director Rick Ray has the opportunity to ask the Dalai Lama questions that directly relate to society's current issues.

Starring: Dalai Lama, The XIV

Starring: Dalai Lama, The XIV

Director: Rick Ray

Director: Rick Ray
Screenwriter: Rick Ray
Producer: Rick Ray, Sharon Ray
Composer: Peter Kater

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A refreshing, informative and worthy documentary.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
10/30/07
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

It may be destined to become the definitive film on The Dalai Lama.

Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com | comment Comment
10/26/07
Geoffrey Kleinman
Geoffrey Kleinman
DVDTalk.com

Part history lesson and part profile, the film presents a concise, cogent account of recent Tibetan history as well as an engrossing onscreen conversation with one of the world's great spiritual leaders.

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10/26/07
Frank Scheck
Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter
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10 Questions works extremely well as an introduction to the Dalai Lama and offers a tantalizing peek at the dynamic and even mischievous personality of this influential man.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
10/26/07
Jennie Punter
Jennie Punter
Globe and Mail
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[Ray's] particular interest in Asia serves him well as he explores the Dalai Lama’s world.

Full Review Source: Kansas City Star | comment Comment
10/12/07
Loey Lockerby
Loey Lockerby
Kansas City Star

“10 Questions for the Dalai Lama” is a tedious title for an anything-but-tedious film that expertly merges the mystical and the mundane.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
08/31/07
Jeannette Catsoulis
Jeannette Catsoulis
New York Times
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The 11th question would be: Does a TV-grade travelogue followed by a halfway-decent Q&A warrant a theatrical release?

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08/28/07
Aaron Hillis
Aaron Hillis
Village Voice
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There have been several documentaries about the Dalai Lama, but few have done a better job of packaging the Tibetan religious leader's circumstances, both historical and current, along with his philosophies, than 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
07/30/07
G. Allen Johnson
G. Allen Johnson
San Francisco Chronicle
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[Director] Ray interjects observations about his own travels like a backup musician who thinks he's the frontman. A little less cowbell, please.

Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment 2 Comments
07/19/07
Graham Killeen
Graham Killeen
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The film never rises above the spiritual or intellectual level of a TV news anchor. It is a dispiriting film to watch, if you have any real interest in the subject.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
07/19/07
Richard Nilsen
Richard Nilsen
Arizona Republic
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One comes away from 10 Questions emboldened, energized, and sadder -- aware that peace remains so radical a concept that most of us aren't yet worthy of it.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
06/22/07
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Boston Globe
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A nicely crafted, economic (it's only 85 minutes) introduction to that most eminent of men, the spiritual leader and deposed head of state of Tibet.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
06/21/07
Stephen Hunter
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Washington Post
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A slam-dunk for history classes -- informative and challenging, touching on issues of free speech, modernity, democracy, and globalism.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
06/01/07
Marrit Ingman
Marrit Ingman
Austin Chronicle
 
 
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