Luther is more educational than engaging and fine if you want to feel like you've just paid $10 to retake high school history.
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09/26/03
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Luther (2003)
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Reviews Counted:61
Fresh:27
Rotten:34
Average Rating:5.2/10
Consensus: This cinematic treatment of Martin Luther's life is more dull than inspiring.
Rated: Not Rated
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release:Sep 26, 2003 Limited
Box Office: $5,667,046
Synopsis: Armed with no more than his faith and quick wit, one man confronts the greatest powers on earth. Martin Luther's (Joseph Fiennes) bold actions foster an era of personal and religious freedoms... [More]
Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Peter Ustinov, Alfred Molina, Bruno Ganz
Director: Eric Till
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Reviews for Luther
Actor Fiennes, writers Camille Thomasson and Bart Gavigan and director Eric Till have done a laudable job of bringing this dusty historical character to life.
09/26/03
An entertaining, well-crafted primer on one of the most important Christian leaders since Jesus Christ.
10/22/04
Though LUTHER suffers from bio-pic-itis, it is more than just a pedestrian recitation of events.
09/01/03
even with apparent lack of objectivity, LUTHER proves to be more interesting and more accurate depiction of history than anything recently produced by Hollywood
07/01/05
The film short-hands a lot of stuff, but it's gripping for a while.
09/25/03
Luther presents a rich and dramatic portrayal of the great religious questions that came to define the Reformation as implemented and galvanized by this Catholic professor at Wittenberg.
09/25/03
Dark, moody, and pregnant with emotional fervor.
09/22/03
An informative immersion in the history of both Catholic and Protestant churches, and a rather refreshing take on medieval morality.
09/26/03
Top CriticA throwback to the days when such movies as 'A Man for All Seasons' tackled big religious ideas in the context of significant historical events...
10/01/03
For a movie about a man of ideas, Luther is pretty exciting stuff.
09/25/03
...likely to engender inspiration amidst the pews, as this biopic about the church reformer is so obviously designed to do.
09/01/03
Corny and irritatingly simplistic though this fast-paced biography of 16th-century German religious reformer Martin Luther may be, it's undeniably entertaining.
09/26/03
After a summer of numbing mindlessness, there is something frankly refreshing about a movie that deals even superficially with as significant a figure as the rebellious 16th century theologian Martin Luther.
09/26/03
Top CriticShot on 100 locations in three countries and outfitted with impressive props, costumes, art direction and medieval streets, Luther makes up for what it lacks in vigorous storytelling with such production values.
10/06/03
Top CriticAbout as swashbuckling as a history lesson gets.
10/22/04
Top CriticBoth as a veteran movie reviewer and long-time Lutheran, I left the theater with the feeling that “Luther” is a good movie about a great man.
10/08/03
Luther is the textbook radical: he acts out what his contemporaries merely profess.
07/21/04
A few too many amateurish techniques and oversimplified confrontations hold Luther back a notch or two from greatness, and stamp it instead as entertaining Lutheran cheerleading.
11/21/03
Engrossing, as much for its history lesson as for its filmmaking.
09/26/03
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