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Milarepa's confusing plot structure, simplistic message, and poor production values cause it to fall flat.
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Milarepa is a sort of Batman Begins version of the early life of renowned Tibetan saint Jetsun Milarepa (1052-1135). Nov 2, 2007 | Rating: 3/4
Milarepa is a sort of Batman Begins version of the early life of renowned Tibetan saint Jetsun Milarepa (1052-1135).
Tom Keogh
Milarepa: Magician, Murderer, Saint, a picturesque fable filmed in the mountains of northern India, shows us how most -- if not all -- roads to spiritual enlightenment are paved with suffering. Oct 11, 2007 | Full Review…
Milarepa: Magician, Murderer, Saint, a picturesque fable filmed in the mountains of northern India, shows us how most -- if not all -- roads to spiritual enlightenment are paved with suffering.
Desson Thomson
Despite timely and worthwhile subject matter, there is nothing very inspired or inspiring in what makes it to the screen. Oct 5, 2007 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…
Despite timely and worthwhile subject matter, there is nothing very inspired or inspiring in what makes it to the screen.
Janice Page
The movie's spectacular scenery and compelling message counterbalance the somewhat plodding pace and wooden performances by a cast of nonactors. Sep 21, 2007 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
The movie's spectacular scenery and compelling message counterbalance the somewhat plodding pace and wooden performances by a cast of nonactors.
David Wiegand
Milarepa fails to infuse freshness into the timeworn lesson that violence doesn't pay; perhaps its subject's path to goodness will provide a more enlightening cinematic outlet. Sep 15, 2007 | Rating: 2/5
Milarepa fails to infuse freshness into the timeworn lesson that violence doesn't pay; perhaps its subject's path to goodness will provide a more enlightening cinematic outlet.
Laura Kern
Those expecting a reflective Buddhist piece will be surprised. First-time director Neten Chokling's film actually is a powerful revenge drama. Despite the film's low budget, there's also spectacle, courtesy of the Himalayan locations. Sep 14, 2007
Those expecting a reflective Buddhist piece will be surprised. First-time director Neten Chokling's film actually is a powerful revenge drama. Despite the film's low budget, there's also spectacle, courtesy of the Himalayan locations.
Richard James Havis
One tonic for a stressful day: Spend 90 minutes with an 11th-century Tibetan mystic who wanders through gorgeous Himalayan scenery Dec 2, 2008 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
One tonic for a stressful day: Spend 90 minutes with an 11th-century Tibetan mystic who wanders through gorgeous Himalayan scenery
Don Willmott
Earnestly capturing in spirit the emergence of a holy man. Nov 5, 2008 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
Earnestly capturing in spirit the emergence of a holy man.
Dennis Schwartz
By-the-book mythmaking: stately, straightforward and not too interesting. The story . . . falls flat on film, a moody, visual medium, tremendously difficult to rework into a mirror for introspective, spiritual transformation. Dec 15, 2007
By-the-book mythmaking: stately, straightforward and not too interesting. The story . . . falls flat on film, a moody, visual medium, tremendously difficult to rework into a mirror for introspective, spiritual transformation.
Brian Gibson
instructional value and exposure to Tibetan culture and values make this a worthwhile venture Nov 4, 2007 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
instructional value and exposure to Tibetan culture and values make this a worthwhile venture
John A. Nesbit
Viewers with a pre-established interest in 11th-century Tibetan history should find Milarepa fascinating, but those without won't find much to engage them in this nicely shot but stilted biopic of a legendary magician-turned-monk from that era. Nov 2, 2007 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
Viewers with a pre-established interest in 11th-century Tibetan history should find Milarepa fascinating, but those without won't find much to engage them in this nicely shot but stilted biopic of a legendary magician-turned-monk from that era.
Marc Mohan
The first of a two-part film about the life of an 11th-century Tibetan mystic, Milarepa evokes a time when sorcery was a poor man's way of making war, and the sight of yogis flying through the sky was commonplace. Nov 1, 2007 | Rating: B | Full Review…
The first of a two-part film about the life of an 11th-century Tibetan mystic, Milarepa evokes a time when sorcery was a poor man's way of making war, and the sight of yogis flying through the sky was commonplace.
Bill White
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