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The Four Feathers (2002)

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41

Average Rating: 5.4/10
Reviews Counted: 150
Fresh: 62 | Rotten: 88

Though beautiful to look at, The Four Feathers lacks epic excitement and suffers from an ambivalent viewpoint.

38

Average Rating: 5.6/10
Critic Reviews: 34
Fresh: 13 | Rotten: 21

Though beautiful to look at, The Four Feathers lacks epic excitement and suffers from an ambivalent viewpoint.

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Average Rating: 3.2/5
User Ratings: 37,702

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A.E.W. Mason's perennially popular tale of honor and adventure is brought to the screen yet again in this lavish period action-drama. In 1884, Harry Feversham (Heath Ledger) is a young officer-in-training in the British Army who is soon to graduate and is expected to be shipped of to the Sudan, where the King's military are battling Muslim insurgents who are attempting to overturn English colonial rule. Feversham, however, has developed serious ethical reservations about going along, and on the

PG-13,

Drama, Action & Adventure

Hossein Amini, Michael Schiffer

Feb 18, 2003

$18.2M

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All Critics (163) | Top Critics (37) | Fresh (63) | Rotten (89) | DVD (23)

Kapur weighs down the tale with bogus profundities.

September 26, 2002
Rolling Stone
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Ledger does a great job in the action sequences and the more tender scenes.

September 23, 2002 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper
Ebert & Roeper
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It's a pretty compelling yarn, not to mention full of pretty pictures, and yet it could be so much more than that.

September 20, 2002
Washington Post
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A movie that lacks the jingoistic bravura of earlier editions ... but hasn't replaced it with meaningful historical revisionism appropriate to our post-colonial age.

September 20, 2002
Washington Post
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What's missing, crucially, is the passion required to make this unlikely tale work.

September 20, 2002 Full Review Source: Toronto Star
Toronto Star
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It's beautifully done, but there's not much of a point to it.

September 20, 2002 Full Review Source: Seattle Times
Seattle Times
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A decent film with some intense battle violence.

December 28, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media

The Sahara desert, gorgeously photographed by Robert Richardson, displays the most personality in the entire picture.

December 28, 2008 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com
TheMovieReport.com

It's cold, misguided, confusing, illiterate, boring, badly acted and flat-out laughable.

January 24, 2008 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | Comments (3)
Combustible Celluloid

In this epic sweep from dusty, bloodied dunes to dainty British drawing rooms, little light is shed on wars, and what can be done about them.

June 1, 2007 Full Review
Long Island Press

Michael Schiffe and Hossein Amini's screenplay adaptation (is) as full of holes as the tracks of a camel herd. [published 9-19-02]

February 18, 2006 Full Review

Ultimately, The Four Feathers is nothing more than a handsomely mounted escapist action flick.

June 26, 2003 Full Review

Audience Reviews for The Four Feathers

This is one of the greatest epics ever filmed. A Larger than life adventure that truly has that real passion of great film-maker at the peak of his powers. Director Shekhar Kapur Nearly succeeds to translate this long and demanding story in to big screen flawlessly, but does just some minor mistakes when he balances between two countries and three leads. Otherwise this is just solid gold that has one of the best performances by Heath Ledger. Legendary photographer Robert Richardson who shot also films like JFK, The Aviator and Kill Bill vol 1-2, turns desert into art with this film. Never ever have we seen it shot like this beautifully like he does here. Desert comes a person of its own in this film. You also have to admire the musical effort by James Horner who gives one of his best scores here. Shekhar Kapur is one of the most talented directors working today and this film along Elizabeth stands a strong proof of that. The Four Feathers is a film that should be seen from big screen for maximum effect. It is one of last great epics that Hollywood has produced in last 50-years.
January 7, 2012
emilkakko

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Barring the lame and predictable love story, this movie was pretty great. Unique plot, as well as the always super badass Djimon Hounsou. In this one he plays a desert comando covered in white powder with neato hair and decor. In fact, I wish he had been the main focus. But alas, Heath Ledger was ok as well, as was Wes Bentley (once he had his cool scar makeup anyways). And Michael Sheen has yet to be in a bad role.
October 1, 2007
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