This film has received a lot of praise from critics, but not that many people will find this that entertaining.
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10/07/04
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Battle of Algiers (1966)
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Reviews Counted:68
Fresh:67
Rotten:1
Average Rating:9/10
Consensus: A powerful, documentary-like examination of the response to an occupying force, The Battle of Algiers hasn't aged a bit since its release in 1966.
Runtime: 2 hrs 5 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Box Office: $188,820
Synopsis: Gillo Pontecorvo's presents a harrowing, documentary-style depiction of the Algerian's people's struggle to liberate themselves from France between 1954 and 1962. The film creates a stunning... [More]
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Reviews for Battle of Algiers
The most electrifyingly timely movie playing in New York was made in 1965.
08/07/04
Top CriticWhat makes this Charlotte Film Society entry remarkable is that the Italian director sympathizes with both sides.
07/09/04
The film's explosive power transcends the headlines.
06/10/04
The painful, desperate film, a re-enactment of Algerian revolutionaries' efforts to break free from French rule, is a practical textbook on how not to run an occupation.
06/04/04
A restored print of the landmark film has been re-released, and the superbly crafted, often-unnerving film is well worth your attention.
05/28/04
The same power it had 40 years ago is still evident.
05/24/04
Staged with almost newsreel precision but presented with the punch of a great political thriller..despite being half a century old, still has a powerful and pertinent message.
05/23/04
An extraordinary movie that ruffled many feathers when it first came out. Almost 40 years later, it retains the poignancy it delivered back then.
05/21/04
A fascinating movie in its own right, more relevant because of today's world situation.
05/14/04
An epic of intimate objectivity.
05/13/04
Top CriticIt takes about an eighth of a second for the film to seem all too relevant.
05/13/04
Its relevance to world events is just as clear today, more so, it seems, with each passing day.
05/07/04
A chilling cinematic history lesson.
04/23/04
The film's ruminations about the meaning of terrorism and efforts to deal with it really resonate in the post-9/11 world. That makes this already-tense film all the more chilling and all the more memorable.
04/23/04
As something similar happens to our soldiers in Iraq, it's a piece of blood-chilling horror every time we see this story from today's news repeated in a 38-year-old movie.
04/19/04
It remains a surprisingly instructive and cautionary lesson in the way that populist movements can burn parent states down to their grass roots.
04/01/04
The Battle of Algiers still resonates today, and probably always will
03/28/04
Remains a signficant achievement, a testament to film's powers to put you in the middle of a historical event and make it feel real.
03/26/04
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