Obviously, the novel's sprawling, multi-strand structure has been streamlined here, but Madden and screenwriter Slovo have included so much subtext that it's still a remarkably complex film.
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12/10/01
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)
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Reviews Counted:114
Fresh:33
Rotten:81
Average Rating:4.4/10
Consensus: The cinematography is gorgeous, but the movie plays it fast and loose with history and the novel it was adapted from. Mostly, the movie fails because the romance between the leads strains credulity and the story is largely uninvolving.
Theatrical Release:Aug 17, 2001 Wide
Box Office: $25,261,240
Synopsis: Academy Award (R) winner Nicolas Cage (City of Angels) and Penelope Cruz (All About My Mother) star in Captain Corelli's Mandolin, an epic tale about the enduring hope of love and the devastating... [More]
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Penélope Cruz, Christian Bale, John Hurt
Director: John Madden
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Reviews for Captain Corelli's Mandolin
"Captain Corelli's Mandolin" fails to achieve its goals
12/04/01
Not as good as it might have been but better than the negative press it has received, which has unfairly doomed it to severe losses at the box office.
11/27/01
Una de las más frustrantes y decepcionantes historias románticas que se han hecho en mucho tiempo para la pantalla grande
10/29/01
One of the year's most embarrassing big-budget miscalculations.
10/11/01
While the on-screen romantic chemistry between the stars is less than electrifying, the supporting performances are excellent, and production values are sky high.
09/20/01
It's a wonder Corelli doesn't bring his gondola and striped shirt with him from Italy.
09/09/01
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08/30/01
If this were a miniseries, it would probably be worth watching while doing homework.
08/27/01
Lacking any center, in its pandering heart the movie tries to be something for everyone.
08/27/01
While he may be Italian-American in ethnic origin, he ain't no Italian -- Cage looks like an American, acts like an American, and speaks like an American, even in his fleeting attempts to use an accent.
08/27/01
A major motion picture event trying to break free.
08/26/01
Sluggish, dull and altogether mediocre.
08/24/01
As a glossy romance in dangerous times, this has all the classic elements and does a reasonably good job of marshalling people and events to its heart-wrenching finale.
08/24/01
Cage refrains from pumping up the volume, and actually underplays the character's soulful gusto, making Corelli all the more affecting.
08/21/01
If only the romantic center of Corelli had equaled the exquisite production.
08/20/01
Who knew the mandolin could be an instrument of torture? Couldn't they save the lengthy mandolin solos for the DVD?
08/20/01
A war story that depicts the horrors of war but little of its emotional agony and a love story that somehow, frustratingly, skimps on the love.
08/20/01
A film afraid to let down any part of an audience...often alienates the audience that would have embraced it; this is Captain Corelli's Mandolin.
08/20/01
The movie's craft is dead and dutiful. It's an Oscar machine.
08/20/01
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