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Alexander (2004)

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Reviews Counted:192

Fresh:30

Rotten:162

Average Rating:3.9/10

Consensus: Even at nearly three hours long, this ponderous, talky, and emotionally distant biopic fails to illuminate Alexander's life.

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Rated: R [See Full Rating] for violence and some sexuality/nudity

Runtime: 2 hr. 55 min.

Genre: Action & Adventure, Drama, Classics

Theatrical Release: Nov 24, 2004 Wide

Box Office: $34.3M

Synopsis: If you're determined to spend three hours with Oliver Stone's take on the personal and military struggles of ancient Macedonian conqueror Alexander... If you're determined to spend three hours with Oliver Stone's take on the personal and military struggles of ancient Macedonian conqueror Alexander the Great, you should know that Alexander (Colin Farrell, in blonde disarray) is not half so much fun as mom Olympias (Angelina Jolie) or his future wild bride Roxane (Rosario Dawson). Indeed, it's the women in Alex's life who provide the movie's most satisfying action: Jolie, sporting some kind of Russian accent, wraps herself in snakes while hissing promises of Farrell's destiny; Dawson disrobes and threatens to cut Farrell's throat before shtupping his brains out. The rest is leaden history, supposedly novel because it showcases epic battle sequences and addresses Alexander's great love for his buddy Hephaistion (Jared Leto). But the man-on-man romance is limited to teary hugs, and the battles are indecipherable messes-you have to wait for Anthony Hopkins' narration to tell you what happened (in fact, you have to wait for Hopkins' narration to tell you everything that happens). There's some spectacle on display but, alas, not much that is truly spectacular. --Steve Wiecking [More]

Starring: Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Jared Leto

Starring: Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Jared Leto, Anthony Hopkins, Rosario Dawson, Christopher Plummer, Tim Pigott-Smith, Connor Paolo, Gary Stretch, John Kavanagh, Nick Dunning, Marie Meyer, Elliot Cowan, Joseph Morgan, Ian Beattie, Denis Conway, Neil Jackson, Rory McCann, Raz Degan, Annelise Hesme, Feodor Atkine, Brian Blessed, Brian McGrath, Mick Lally, Stéphane Ferrara, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Peter Williamson, Matthew Powell, Fiona O'Shaughnessy, Jaran Ngamdee, Bin Bunluerit, Toby Kebbell, David Bedella, Jessie Kamm, Patrick Carroll, Morgan Christopher Ferris, Robert Earley, Aleczander Gordon, Garrett Lombard, Chris Aberdein, Erol Sander, Tadhg Murphy, Francisco Bosch, Tsouli Mohammed, Harry Kent, Suzanne Bullock, Kate Elouise, Gillian Grueber, Michelle Lukes, Anjali Mehra, Anthony Jean Marie Kurt, Marta Barahona, Monica Zamora, Benny Maslov, Tania Matos, Leighton Morrison, Isaac Mulllins, Monica Perego, Rab Affleck, Sam Green, Michael Dixon, Laird Macintosh, Jean Le Duc

Director: Oliver Stone

Director: Oliver Stone
Screenwriter: Oliver Stone, Christopher Kyle, Laeta Kalogridis
Producer: Iain Smith, Jon Kilik, Oliver Stone, Thomas Schühly
Distributor: Warner Bros.

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    ALEXANDER SCENE DID YOU CONQUER ASIA BY YOURSELF
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    ALEXANDER SCENE THIS IS INSANITY
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    ALEXANDER SCENE ELEPHANT ARMY
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  • ALEXANDER SCENE YOU LEFT YOUR KING IN ASIA
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    ALEXANDER SCENE INSULT ME AGAIN AND ILL KILL YOU
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    ALEXANDER SCENE YOU LOSE FACE
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    ALEXANDER SCENE APOLOGIZE
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  • ALEXANDER SCENE DID YOU HELP HIM
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    ALEXANDER SCENE UNDERSTAND HOW PHILIP THINKS
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    ALEXANDER SCENE THESE PEOPLE NEED CHANGE
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    ALEXANDER SCENE ENTER BABYLON
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  • ALEXANDER SCENE ALEXANDER FALLS AT GAUGAMELA
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    ALEXANDER SCENE CHARGE AT GAUGAMELA
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    ALEXANDER SCENE CONQUER YOUR FEAR
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    ALEXANDER SCENE I WILL AVENGE YOU
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General mistakes all across the board contribute and reinforce each other to bring it down

Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | comment Comment
May 1, 2010
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons
N/R

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Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
Apr 29, 2009
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

Stone doesn't present characters that the audience can believe in, even for one moment, as representative of their historic roles.

Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | comment Comment
Apr 15, 2009
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com
N/R

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Full Review Source: CHUD | comment Comment
Feb 27, 2009
Devin Faraci
Devin Faraci
CHUD

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Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
Aug 7, 2008
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

This oracular piece of hero-worship is perhaps the squarest film yet from this once-hip director.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
Jul 23, 2007
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

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Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound | comment Comment
Jul 14, 2007
Joe Lozito
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

Stone gives us some truly stirring visuals, music that soars and charges more often than not, and, um, performances that . . . Well, um, okay, about those performances . . .

Full Review Source: Christianity Today | comment Comment
Sep 1, 2006
Peter T. Chattaway
Peter T. Chattaway
Christianity Today
N/R

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Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
Jun 24, 2006
Time Out

Unwieldy and flawed, but Stone remains a tornado in an era of airless formula and -- to paraphrase our Ptolemy -- its failings are greater than most films' successes.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
Apr 1, 2006
Ian Nathan
Ian Nathan
Empire Magazine
N/R

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Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
Jan 17, 2006
Sydney Morning Herald

Interesting but flawed film about a fascinating character.

Full Review Source: Reno Gazette-Journal | comment Comment
Oct 7, 2005
Forrest Hartman
Forrest Hartman
Reno Gazette-Journal

By summoning his inner classicist, [director] Stone has made an excruciating disaster for the ages.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
Sep 26, 2005
Scott Tobias
Scott Tobias
AV Club

Alexander limps along from one fancy set to another.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
Jul 21, 2005
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

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Full Review Source: Bullz-Eye.com | comment Comment
Jul 5, 2005
Bullz-Eye.com

'Como obra cinematográfica, no es la pésima cinta que han destrozado. Es la simple interpretación de un talentoso cineasta sobre la vida de una leyenda de la humanidad'

Full Review Source: Moviola | comment Comment
Apr 4, 2005
Jorge Avila Andrade
Jorge Avila Andrade
Moviola

The picture is so thoroughly ridiculous, it's hard to know where to begin in listing its infelicities. But I'll try.

Full Review Source: MTV | comment Comment
Mar 18, 2005
Kurt Loder
Kurt Loder
MTV

Though the battles have the blood-and-sinew bravado you expect from Oliver Stone, this three-hour buttnumbathon is hamstrung by a hectoring grandiosity, not new to Stone, and a nod toward caution, which is.

Full Review Source: Rolling Stone | comment Comment
Mar 6, 2005
Peter Travers
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
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The film's sense of drama and tension makes the experience alive and palpable.

Full Review Source: Film Snobs | comment Comment
Feb 20, 2005
Jimmy O
Jimmy O
Film Snobs

An overview of an intensely passionate life as few film-makers could bring it to the screen.

Full Review Source: european-films.net | comment Comment
Feb 16, 2005
Boyd van Hoeij
Boyd van Hoeij
european-films.net
 
 
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