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The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam (2005)

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Average Rating: 5/10
Critic Reviews: 11
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 6

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Average Rating: 3.4/5
User Ratings: 139

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A pair of young men living in the 21st century relive the tales of one of their ancient forbearers in this historical drama. Kamran (Adam Echahly) is a 12-year-old boy of Iranian heritage whose older brother, Nader (Puya Behinaein), is slowly dying. Kamran and Nader's family puts a great value on preserving the oral history of their ancestors, and Nader is passing on this responsibility by telling his brother the story of their distant relative, the great scientist and poet Omar Khayyam (Bruno

PG, 1 hr. 35 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Kids & Family

Sep 5, 2006

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All Critics (23) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (13)

[A] plodding and pretentious historical drama.

March 22, 2006 Full Review Source: Village Voice | Comment
Village Voice
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The writing, acting and direction are so amateurish that the only thing you'll care about is escaping the theater.

January 13, 2006 Comment
New York Post
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The director approaches the enormity of his task with an earnest enthusiasm, offering a likable alternative to the assembly-line banality of so many family films.

January 13, 2006 Full Review Source: New York Daily News | Comment
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The story behind the making of The Keeper is more inspiring than the film itself.

January 12, 2006 Comment
New York Times
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Ambitious, heartfelt and grand in both its ideas and its pride of place (the Middle East), the film suffers from its virtues.

January 12, 2006 Full Review Source: Newsday | Comment
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A reverentially pokey drama that plays less like a conventional movie than a lengthy series of hagiographic historical tableaux.

January 11, 2006 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
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A lovely-looking, capably made motion picture.

March 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Film Journal International | Comment
Film Journal International

Comes to us wrapped in hand-woven shawls of struggle and perseverance.

January 20, 2006 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | Comment
Slant Magazine

While sumptuously beautiful, the film is often stilted and undermined by some painfully amateurish performances that no good intentions can smooth over.

January 13, 2006 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comment
TV Guide's Movie Guide

More education than entertainment, Mashayekh's first feature length film tells a valid story but fails to produce on the promise of court intrigues and swordplay.

January 13, 2006 Comment
Monsters and Critics

The Keeper suffers from a surfeit of scattershot acting and clunky narrative devices that usher the viewer back and forth through time with all the subtlety of a culture clash.

December 31, 2005 Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | Comment
Austin Chronicle

The movie gets historical with the warring factions in Persia, Hassan's attempt to assassinate the Sultan, and other Lawrence of Arabia style stuff in the desert.

November 11, 2005 Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | Comment

For those who know of Omar Khayyam, make the trip to the theater to see this one. If you're just curious, wait for the DVD.

November 3, 2005 Full Review Source: Supercala.com | Comment
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Audience Reviews for The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam

5.5/10. Not too bad, interesting for it's historical content. As a film, technically well done. I was not impressed with the acting, not that they are bad, but they should have been impressive. Also the jumping around back and forth in time gets irritating.

September 1, 2006
jazza923
James Higgins

The Keeper: The Legend Of Omar Khayyam Directed by: Kayvan Mashayekh Sound: Dolby Digital Screened at: Landmark La Jolla Village As usual, many of you likely haven't heard of this, since it's a very small film. First, I'll start off with the positive's, The visual's are quite stunning, there is high production

October 3, 2005
zachbraff fan
Jonathan bennett

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