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Reviews Counted:21
Fresh:14
Rotten:7
Average Rating:5.8/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 3 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: A Tibetan monk known as Lama Norbu (Ying Ruocheng), living in exile in Bhutan, is searching for the reincarnation of his teacher, Lama Dorje. His quest takes him to Seattle, where signs indicate... [More]
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Bridget Fonda, Chris Isaak, Ying Ruicheng
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
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Although the search for enlightenment may not have much in the way of high-concept appeal, the film should satisfy adventurous moviegoers as well as the large number of adults already intrigued by eastern religions.
Cynics may turn away, but I found the ideas and their execution quite fascinating.
Has some captivating qualities about both contemporary American life and Tibetan Buddhism.
Little Buddha succeeds precisely because of its guileless innocence.
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A well-realized parable about Siddhartha, the Dalai Lama, reincarnation, and a boy's journey of discovery and death.
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As beautifully photographed and intelligently-written as the movie is, it has no emotional depth or appeal, and is often as cold and clinical as its gray depiction of Seattle.
Top CriticA crazily mesmerizing pop artifact that ranks alongside Herman Hesse's novel Siddhartha in terms of extreme earnestness and quasi-religious entertainment value.
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Though uneven, the film is engagingly moving and often humorous.
Excellent introduction to Buddhism--strongest portions are mythical excerpts of Buddha's life.
Bertolucci's celebrated burnt-orange-and-burnished-lemon look remains handsome, and the story itself still commands some interest as a pivot into daunting material.
Top CriticSome of the movie's mysteries are more unsuccessfully secular than rapturously eternal, but the doorway opens far enough to offer a few glimpses of nirvana.
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The modern sequences lack realism or credibility. The ancient sequences play like the equivalent of a devout Bible story.
Top CriticPart fairy tale, part travelogue, and part kindergarten lesson in Eastern religion. Not a single part is persuasive or compelling.
It was easy to forget logic and go with the story.
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