Dersu Uzala (1975)
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Reviews Counted:12
Fresh:9
Rotten:3
Average Rating:7.5/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 20 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: Japanese director Akira Kurosawa's adaptation of novelist Vladimir Arsenyev's novel about survival, set against the stark wilderness of Siberia. When Mongol guide, Dersu, is hired by a Russian crew... [More]
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Reviews for Dersu Uzala
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a gorgeous looking and highly affecting adventure
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It's sweetly told and heartwarming, much like a Disney film, but not demanding much of the viewer. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
The episodes in this second part go on endlessly, loosely, obviously. They lack the revelations of the winter scenes and they do little but belabor at length the points already made. They wreck the film's balance and make its achievements dull. Full Review |
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To Arseniev, Dersu embodies something civilized men have lost… Neither can really understand the other — which is precisely what makes their friendship so special. Full Review |
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Every frame of Dersu Uzala is simply beautiful to look at. . . . Kurosawa's 140-minute masterpiece is a . . . quietly captivating experience. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Kurosawa's Russian epic is breathtakinging ambitious, if a bit didactic.
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Beautifully photographed but far too isolated in its characterizations.
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